The (G) Force is Strong with these RGB LEDs

Customizable RGB LEDs are finding their way into all kinds of devices, particularly gaming applications where the trend has gone from enabling customizable light patterns to actually being incorporated into game-play. That’s all fun and games, but check out what happened when we paired our Blue Gecko BGM111 Bluetooth Smart Module with a 3-axis accelerometer on a custom board with the BLED112 Bluetooth Smart Dongle.

To show multiple Bluetooth devices in a set-up, we've configured these mini kits to use g-force to control Bluetooth-enabled lighting boards. The lighting reference designs are using both the lighting reference boards are Bluetooth peripherals, while the PC with the BLED112 dongle is configured as a Bluetooth central device. 

By monitoring the XYZ axis, the sum determines the color of the LEDs. The lighting reference boards have firmware capable of receiving the LED colors and information is sent from either the keys or the accelerometers which emulates the keys in this application to the PC.

When the PC receives information, it turns on or off the corresponding LEDs:

1 G (the board is laying still) is translated to no keys pressed.

>1 G (added acceleration in any direction) is translated to the blue key is pressed.

<1 G (reduced acceleration, like a free fall) is translated to the red key is pressed.