How to turn off Thing Plus C bright white LED?

SPARK-X
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On the Thing Plus C there is what looks like a combo RGB LED and a white LED at its corner. The latest board I received was running some test code that cycled through those LEDs. Now that I have my own code loaded onto it the white LED is still on constantly.

How do I control those LEDs?

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Hi,

Have a look at the RGB LED FastLED example. CRGB::Black is what you need.

https://github.com/sparkfunX/SparkFun_E … GB_LED.ino

Best wishes,

Paul

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Thanks, Paul. That worked!

I love the Thing Plus C. The only feature request I have is that there be a software way to turn off the power LED. I like having it while on the bench, but I’ll have to snip it in production. It would be really nice if I could just turn off that LED while my board sleeps, but still indicate that the board is alive and well when starting it in the field.

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Maybe you could use the Status (STAT) LED for that? It is connected to Digital Pin 13.

Best wishes,

Paul

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Yes, that’s probably what I’ll do. Between that blue status LED, the white, red, green, and blue on the corner I guess I have enough other LEDs I can use. :slight_smile:

Thanks,

-Matt