Add RGB indicator light

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I would like to add an RGB led to my enclosure so I can see the status of my Boron without opening the enclosure. I tried searching but didn’t see anything listed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Hmm, where could such information be hidden … my guess would be the reference docs.
See top right on this screen

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There you could search for RGB

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Which would bring you to the RGB object reference

And there RGB.mirrorTo() and RGB.onChange() might be the two functions you are looking for.

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Thanks. I guess when it showed over 100 references to RGB and they were mainly talking about status of the blinking, I just assumed they were all the same. Thanks, am looking at it now. Thanks for the lesson

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To mirror status with an external led, follow this thread.

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Thanks I’ll take a read through it.

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Ok so I am reading the documentation and it lists this code for the Boron.

// SYNTAX
// Common-cathode RGB LED connected to A4 (R), A5 (G), A7 (B)
RGB.mirrorTo(A4, A5, A7);
// Common-anode RGB LED connected to A4 (R), A5 (G), A7 (B)
RGB.mirrorTo(A4, A5, A7, true);
// Common-anode RGB LED connected to A4 (R), A5 (G), A7 (B)
// Mirroring is enabled in firmware _and_ bootloader
RGB.mirrorTo(A4, A5, A7, true, true);
// Enable RGB LED mirroring as soon as Boron starts up
STARTUP(RGB.mirrorTo(A4, A5, A7));

It says to using A4, A5, and A7…problem is there is no A7 on the Boron, unless I am just not finding it. I moved the pins to A1,A2,and A3 and it works.