A basic fire effect for an LED strip. For use with an Arduino.

1x Arduino (Nano, Uno, or Mega)

1x 220 ohm resistor (optional)

1x 470uF 16V capacitor (optional)

1x RGB LED strip (I used a DotStar strip)

1x 5V power supply

Wire

Soldering iron

Special thanks to Zach Wanger for helping create the updated schematic.