Only the data needs to be wired in series. Multiple strips of LEDs will be much easier to wire if you don't run the power lines in series. Bring the data line back from the end of the last LED in a strip but don't bother with wiring power lines from from the end of the strip.

Wow they still use the interface that I designed for programing the LEDs from cleanflight days! And they made great improvements. Neat!

Wooo, LED's - the awesome Cleanflight feature I made still rockin' in it in 2019!

Glen A. Larson produced Knight Rider and also Battlestar Galactica. So Watch a Cylon Helmet or the Intro of Knight Rider and you'll know why it's called Larson scanner... :D

Perfect timing, I just added some to a quad I’m donating to my high school for their STEM program.

I love ur channel u helped me so much learn so many things from drones like different antennas batteries everything and I wouldn’t have go this far if it wasn’t ur help and I want to say thank you

Just wanted to thank you Joshua! Your vids have been crucial to me getting my copter off the ground! Keep up the good work!

I do a lot of electrical engineering and I can say that I appreciate how you really go into detail. Very nice presentation. That is a subscribe

they look AMAZING when strobing really quick when you're swirling through the air with other swirly things!! :D

What I've found most useful has been adding indicator to at least ONE led (enough that I can quickly check that I'm on the correct model with the radio by waggling the right stick). Sounds silly, but it is an easy way to check that (without having to use buzzer/beeper functionality to check the same thing) I just run mine on Arm State, with a common color for disarmed (Yellow or Red), and then it jumps to the matching color of the quad on ARM, and then I'm off.

Yeah that grid on BF really confused me when setting up LEDs. Thank you for this excellent video!

that series vs. parallel thing is so helpful! I really wanted to be able to use LEDs as a battery indicator, and nothing more, so now I can without having a mess of wires going back and forth on the arms! Thanks!

Been flying for years...and this is one thing that I was too lazy to delve into myself. Now I can program my LED instead of just lighting them:) Thanks!

I understand all Betflight LED function individually but the way they combine is very non-intuitive. I would love to see an in-depth explanation. Oh, and if you have a F3 FC and wonder why you cannot get LEDs to work, the LED code was thrown out of many F3 targets. However, if you happen to have a linux computer and know how to edit a Makefile it is very easy to build your own version of betaflight with LEDs enabled (you will have to remove unneeded functions like Spektrum telemetry to make it fit).

i have been waiting for this specific video for 2 years now. Thanks again, JB.

This was something I just fumbled through in the past. You cleared up MANY of the questions that came up during my fumbling. :)

this is the best vid that explains how to use LED. thx Josh! 👍

I was just thinking about this the other day! I was like "Man, I really wish Josh did a video on LEDs". BOOM here it is!! Thanks man!

Thank you so much Great timing sir !!! Thanks a lot I was yesterday looking for some led videos but no one explained like you do Thanks

thanks bro i know it 2 years old video but sure glad its here first time doing leds and this made it so easy

This was very helpful. I had recently started playing with the LED's and was having a hard time really getting into it.

Without a doubt one of the first things I *needed* to get working the way I wanted it *right away* as a beginner. I did a little LOS coming from CP-helis and liked my "harmless-purple-when-disarmed" and "deadly-red-when-armed" setup, but once I lost my LED strip in a crash I didn't bother replacing it b/c I usually don't regret not having it after flying you know… ,D Thanks for the updates on BF Integration.

Lay out on the grid does matter if you are using the blinker indicator option.

Thanks JB for the video. I've been waiting for something like this for awhile... I also ordered the LED's from your link :)

Well, what do ya' know? I actually learned something today! Thx.

Sweet video, it answered my question about wiring them in parallel as I initially did. It will just mirror the same LED colors on each strip.

Excellent video. I have been waiting to try to figure this out. Thank You

Glen A. Larson is a producer of "Knight rider" TV series at 80's. There was a super car with AI with a "scanner" at the top of bumper.

One of the most useful videos in a long time!

Hi Joshua. I recently bought a Jumper T16. I see amazing potential. However, though I've been flying for 20 years I have NO experience with OpenTX or FrSky. Virtually all instruction for the T16 assumes you know OpenTX and/or FrSky. I'm a Spektrum guy. I would to do the legwork to help you create a video series for the Jumper T16 for the complete noob. I don't edit video, but I'd learn just about anything to learn this radio and help others to learn as well. Please respond if you are interested. Like I said, I'd do all the leg work I can. I am disabled and this type of hobby is so helpful to my life!

The "Larson scanner" was the lightstrip on KITT from Knightrider. I thought it was also the name of the producer or something like that. It was a inside joke.

Is there a way to turn it on\off using a switcher on the radio?

I still can't believe this guys on has 115k subs... just saying Joshua is awesome!

Been learning a lot from your videos, thanks a lot and I'll keep watching. Im new to quad and just started having my own ARRis 250B To practice on.

Thanks Joshua...u help me a lot from all ur video

The best tutorial of BF LED config! Thank You!

Gary Larson was the creator of Battlestar Galactica. The Cylons eye has that pattern.

May I ask you to show how to put LESs on the QUAD? I mean the physical mounting methods. I.e. which positions are better and which is not, how to route the wires from FC to to an arm and to another arm from there or to the front or back of the QUAD..... I wired 26 LEDs in my 5" all over the wings at bottom at front and back and wired them most convenient way I could think of. But after a few flights once one LED got damaged so all the LEDs after that stopped working. Once conneconnection between two arms got damaged (signal/power) the rest after that stoppet. Next time I had to remove the top plate I ended up removing all the LEDs at once. I was really excited to use the function of betaflight before that. But afterwards my thought was LEDs are bogus in freestyle miniquad. After all neither we can see them while flying or we fly at night. 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔

Awesome JB, I needed this a long time ago! sort of worked it out myself but I learnt a tonne more today. One of my quads when I bought It a few years back had turn LEDs(DalRC 215Plus) I lost the LED config for that when I updated the FC firmware(Yep, newbie mistake and didnt back up) I will be getting the turns flashing colours now :D. Thank You!!

Are there daylight visible LED sets? Eye sight is getting poor. Got a suggestion? 7” prop kawd.

Always clear Joshua

When you arm the quad while still connecting to betaflight, the motors wont spin. I suppose.

Just got some programmable led for the motors! I’m stoked! Love me some good ole LED action! Thanks J-Bizzle lol

Joshua, when you're ready to make the FrSky Access video, can you consider a more detailed explanation than the Wiki offers on how Betaflight's RF-Interpolation settings relate to different radio setups, gimbals etc. please …? 😬

This will be very helpful information as I put LED on my new quad. Thanks!

Always wondered how to use the led function in Betaflight. You made it sound easy thanks JB. I might throw some glow at my kwads now that I know this :)

Good morning! JB! Have a great day

Good advice to check the current draw Josh. I tried running 32 of these directly from the bff3 board and smoked the regulator. I had them set up to change color based on the analog signal from the s2 knob. I cold go through the whole gammut. But scrapped the idea when the regulator smoked. Lol

Location of LEDs on the configurator grid does matter for some modes like "Indicator".

Just what I been waiting for ty Joshua Bardwell

If you can wire the LEDs in parallel and get them to work addressed to the same numbers, shouldn’t it be possible to wire just the power in parallel and wire the signal wire in series? This way, there would only be 4 wires, at most, going to each arm, instead of 6 if you were setting up strips for each arm that you wanted all lights to be addressable. I think that the power is always parallel no matter how you wire them.

13:20 if I'm testing I always make sure I'm in turle mode, so the Motors don't start when arming.

Super intéressant ce tuto ! Sachant que j'avais un bandeau de led d'1 mètre dont je ne savais pas quoi faire au top JB !

Glen Larson is a Knight Rider Tv show creator :D and car in that series had this funky red strip of lights on the front going back an forth. Nice easter egg from Betaflight :D

Most helpful channel

Can I turn them on/off with an AUX Channel as well ? Thanks for the help !

Larson Scanner The Larson Scanner is named after Glen A. Larson, who produced the Battlestar Galactica and Knight Rider series, and is responsible for introducing scanning red light effects to the sci-fi TV viewing population of the 1970s and 80s.

Biggest problem with LEDs on 5" and smaller quads - to find a place where to stick LEDs and extra wiring. Larger LED modules also will add weight. And brighter ones - draw battery a little faster.

Fantastic, Joshua! Thanks a lot! 😃 BTW, on iNav it should be pretty similar... Right?

Awesome - I couldnt figure that lot out at all, very helpfull!.

please continue a more in depth video explaining the other functions and how to set them up...ie indicators and direction,

wow those strips are pretty cool

Nice Josh! Yes, LED are diodes:-) Check out Livyu’s last repair video!

I'm curious if you only need the signal wire running all over the quad 🤔

you're awesome! Thank you!

so I have leds on my rtf and the lights did work but I flashed it and now I can't get them back on and I followed your video

The mamba mk2 stack has an led pad in every corner! I havent tested yet but maybe already in parallel??

Thanks for all your time and effort with the much needed and very helpful info for the FPV Quad world!! You've definitely helped me in my adventure! With the LED Strip in BF, Is there a way so set different colors on a switch? For instance on my TX16S, Say I use SC+ for green and SC for off and maybe SC- for blue? I've been trying to find info on how to if you can. Hope you have the insight I'm looking for!!

is betaflight 4.0 controller supports any type or brand of quad remote control

Blue draws more current than any other color!!

I learned a lot today. Thanks!

Cheers mate. U know way too much for my little brain to comprehend! ✔🏍🌟🙋🖑🎖🍻🍷🏃👍

This was a great tutorial for betaflight. I can't find one for inav. I can configure them but no lights. Is there a video for inav somewhere.

thank you :) . some time ago i wanted to wire a larson scanner that goes from the center to the ends, should work if i wire them with a Y-layout

Cut it to 6 lengths of 6? Stay Kind and Keep Smilin'

Good God THANK YOU! So needed this!

Is it possible to assign a switch to turn it on and of? If so how?

How do you fit the LED Strip that came with the Flywoo Explorer?

Can we change the LED blinking frequency in Betaflight?

Now i understand, thanks Joshua

I am in the process of adding leds to my drone, long story short, instead of a heatsink for the leds, what would happen if I used the carbon fiber arm of the drone as the heatsink? 2.5 watts max

my led controller only has + -, then tiny vg tr pads. doesnt look like this? Any help?

Hello, excellent tutorial. For some reason I cannot independently control them. I’m thinking it is my FC or maybe it is the firmware installed (Betaflight). Any thoughts or other things I should try?

Can you make them blink in proportion to the motor speeds to make the props look like they're spinning slower in the air with the strobe effect? What about make them blink slowly like on airplanes?

Great vid! Wanted to pick your brain on some LED wiring. I have LEDs that are just pos / neg (no RGB signal). Can I still be able to turn them on and off with just the pos / neg soldered to the LED pads? If not, can I tap the neg to the buzzer GND and use the buzzer to turn them on and off? Thanks for any advice.

TOP as usual !!! :)

Thank you.. much needed info... thanks bro

I have this exact kakute f7 but mine will not work this way.The problem was voltage in was to high and the addressable code would not work.I had to wire them to the 3v3 pad and they all worked fine,but i have the maytek led taillight buzzer combo and after watching your video i see that wont work because that port is only good for 200ma and i have 8 leds and gps so im going to burn up regulator.My question is can i wire in a series resistor on the 5v pad to drop voltage so my address will work.I just went threw all this last week so glad you made this before my regulator burned up.

Can a bad tune make your battery hot and puffy?? Im running a 100c 4 cell and I never had problems with it before but for some reason my batteries are coming down hot? Can anyone help me please!! thanks

Hopefully thr status, race and beacon profiles will be in the configurator soon. ;o)

Hello. Is there a way to turn off the onboard indicator LED's on a flight controller ? It is loaded with BTFL 3.5.1 Target: MATEKF411 Firmware ? A Tinywhawk 1s.

The LEDs I select are just blinking white when I hit save. What sort of error is that?

thanks again

Now i need ur help is their a setting to program the leds to change every color while flying like rainbow

White text on white background, way to go Betaflight....

Hi Joshua, is there a good and reliable programmable LED light for the Pixhawk 4. And how do I use it on the Pixhawk 4? Thanks

Servo leads would be nice for strips like this :)

Can I use lasers instead?

Betaflight needs additional functions like pulse(speed adjustable or tied to a channel) and sparkle effect..

@Joshua, can this in any way override the blheli32 LED settings?