Simple LED control with the Raspberry Pi: 
Last year, around Pi Day, I authored an article here on Opensource.com on how to set up a music light show with your Raspberry Pi. Before creating the light show, I encouraged the reader to learn about breadboards and the CanaKit as a way to do some prototyping controls with the Raspberry Pi and LEDs.
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