# Internet Button open source?

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/internet-button-open-source/12668>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [June 18, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/internet-button-open-source/12668 "2015-06-18T19:31:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![helxsz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f0a364/32.png) [@helxsz](https://community.particle.io/u/helxsz)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/internet-button-open-source/12668/1 "2015-06-18T19:31:33Z")

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I am very interested into Internet button, it is connected to 11 LED but I think it doesn’t use 11 IO pins to control the LED individually, so I want to look into the Internet button to see how it make it to work.

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**Author:** ![Moors7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/moors7/32/588_2.png) [@Moors7](https://community.particle.io/u/Moors7)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/internet-button-open-source/12668/2 "2015-06-18T20:06:09Z")

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They are neopixels, digital LEDS, requiring only one pin to drive. They each contain a chip (WS2812b), which will control the leds independently from the microcontroller once they’ve gotten the command. If you search for neopixels, you’ll find plenty of guides, especially on Adafruit.

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**Author:** ![Dick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/dick/32/5681_2.png) [@Dick](https://community.particle.io/u/Dick)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/internet-button-open-source/12668/3 "2015-06-18T20:33:45Z")

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And as to open source, yep! We’ll put up the eagle files and some other assets soon. @Moors7 is exactly right, too- just one digital pin, and that one’s I used is labeled on the silkscreen as “LED”

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**Author:** ![hardyp3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/hardyp3/32/26733_2.png) [@hardyp3](https://community.particle.io/u/hardyp3)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/internet-button-open-source/12668/4 "2021-09-06T19:42:41Z")

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@Dick , have the eagle files for the Internet Button been posted? Are they still online? I’ve been looking for a schematic without any luck so far.

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**Author:** ![gusgonnet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/gusgonnet/32/27491_2.png) [@gusgonnet](https://community.particle.io/u/gusgonnet)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/internet-button-open-source/12668/5 "2021-09-06T20:39:28Z")

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Hi,  
could this help?  
[https://docs.particle.io/datasheets/accessories/legacy-accessories/#internet-button-library](https://docs.particle.io/datasheets/accessories/legacy-accessories/#internet-button-library)

[https://docs.particle.io/reference/discontinued/button/](https://docs.particle.io/reference/discontinued/button/)

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**Author:** ![hardyp3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/hardyp3/32/26733_2.png) [@hardyp3](https://community.particle.io/u/hardyp3)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/internet-button-open-source/12668/6 "2021-09-06T21:24:29Z")

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Thanks @gusgonnet . Both of those pages popped up fairly quickly in my search. Both were somewhat helpful although simply taking the button apart to look at the board did about as much good! I did find the part number for the accelerometer so that helped. The best help so far is simply the button header file which confirmed what I just learned about the pin mapping by tinkering with ‘Tinker’. While waiting for those eagle files to magically appear somewhere in cyberspace, I’m poking through the button library to see what other hints I can discover. Quite a nifty little toy! Thanks again.

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**Author:** ![ScruffR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/scruffr/32/6952_2.png) [@ScruffR](https://community.particle.io/u/ScruffR)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 7:08am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/internet-button-open-source/12668/7 "2021-09-07T07:08:13Z")

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Is this more helpful

> **[shields/photon-shields/internet-button at master · particle-iot/shields](https://github.com/particle-iot/shields/tree/master/photon-shields/internet-button)**
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> master/photon-shields/internet-button

The schematics can be found here  
[shields/internet-button-v130.pdf at master · particle-iot/shields · GitHub](https://github.com/particle-iot/shields/blob/master/photon-shields/PDFs/Schematics/internet-button-v130.pdf)

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**Author:** ![hardyp3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/hardyp3/32/26733_2.png) [@hardyp3](https://community.particle.io/u/hardyp3)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/internet-button-open-source/12668/8 "2021-09-07T15:55:54Z")

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Perfectamento @ScruffR ! Both links were useful, the pdf slightly more so but I do have Eagle as well. The schematic is about what I envisioned. The mispelling of the company name was cute - sort of suggests a tire company on the Indus river. Thanks to all who helped and especially ScruffR, you are indeed a gentleman and a scholar.
