LED and sensor controllers.
Set up in your browser.
You choose by LED channels and sensor interfaces. Every board runs on 12 V, drives 5 V WS2812B LEDs and sets up in Lumyn Studio over USB. Both work with SystemCore and WPILib 2027 over USB, and with the roboRIO on the 2026 vendordep.
4LED channels1,280LEDs maximum6 A5 V regulator
Pick Animate for several LED runs, strips and matrices together, or when you need the most power. At full white, 6 A lights about 100 LEDs; most animations draw far less, and the board dims itself to stay under its limit.
$69.99 USDView ConnectorX Animate
1LED channel320LEDs maximum3 A5 V regulator
Pick ConnectorX for one strip or matrix plus sensors on I2C, SPI, UART, digital and analog. At full white, 3 A lights about 50 LEDs; most animations draw far less, and the board dims itself to stay under its limit.
$49.99 without headers, $54.99 withView ConnectorX
Each one has a controller, LEDs, an LED cable and a 32 GB microSD card. You pick the LED sizes on the bundle page.
From $101.99 USDChoose bundle
From $72.99 USDChoose bundle
From $72.46 USDChoose bundle
Already have LEDs? Buy a controller on its own.
Set up LED zones, create animations, and add supported sensors in your browser. Control them from WPILib, Python, C, or C++.
Combine and preview flexible LED animations in Lumyn Studio before you upload them to your ConnectorX. Split a strip into zones and give each one its own animation.
Use the Motion Editor in Lumyn Studio for layers, keyframes, vector shapes and GIF import. Preview at your matrix resolution before you send sequences to the device.
Add sensor and I/O expansion with Lumyn Labs Modules, configured in Lumyn Studio and read from robot code through the WPILib vendordep. ConnectorX supports I2C, SPI, UART, DIO and analog. ConnectorX Animate supports up to two I2C modules. Use pre-built modules or contribute custom firmware back to the community.
Our two boards next to two other FRC LED controllers and the SystemCore. We left the other makers' names off. Check their documentation for current figures.
| Feature | ConnectorX Animate | ConnectorX | Competitor Green | Competitor Orange | SystemCore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browser configurator and animation editor | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Onboard animation and GIF playback | Yes | Yes | — | — | No |
| Sensor support | Yes | Yes | No | No | — |
| Custom firmware | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | — |
| Independent LED outputs | 4 (best in row) | 1 | — | — | Multiple |
| Maximum addressable LEDs | 1,280 (best in row) | 320 | — | — | 1,024 shared |
| Max power at 5 V | 6 A (best in row) | 3 A | 6 A (best in row) | 5 A | No |
| Strip voltage (see note) | 5 V | 5 V | 5 V and 12 V (best in row) | 5 V and 12 V (best in row) | — |
| External 5 V out | Yes | Yes | Yes | † | — |
| CAN bus | n/a | n/a | 2.0 and FD (best in row) | No | — |
| WPILib LEDPattern | DirectLED | DirectLED | — | — | Native (best in row) |
✓ yes · ✕ no · — no documented figure · n/a not applicable · † powers LED strips only · Capabilities depend on firmware and configuration.
How it works, what you need, and what it does for a robot team.
Pick a supported sensor in Lumyn Studio and its settings are filled in for you. Wire it to the board and read its data from robot code.
Designing animations is hard, and making them run without blocking the board’s other work is harder. With ConnectorX you use our premade animations on their own or in an animation sequence. You can also extend our firmware to add custom animations.
Yes. Import existing images or add your own in the Image Sequence editor to build videos for matrices of any shape, up to the board’s LED limit. Text commands scroll any sequence of characters across a matrix with no extra setup.
Yes. With our WPILib vendordep you name the zone or group, the animation, sequence or image sequence, and a color and delay. The vendordep also receives data from every connected module as it arrives, so familiar Arduino libraries work in custom firmware you can extend.
USB is enough to configure the controller. LED output needs a 12 V supply; the onboard regulator gives the LEDs 5 V.
Not to configure zones or create animations in Lumyn Studio. Use the SDKs when you want a robot or application to control them.
Chrome or Edge on a computer with USB and Web Serial support. You can explore most Lumyn Studio features without a device.
Use the WPILib Java and C++ vendordep for FRC, or the standalone Python, C and C++ libraries for other hosts. ConnectorX supports USB and UART; ConnectorX Animate uses USB.
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Start building with ConnectorX today. Plug it in over USB and set it up in Lumyn Studio.
