RGB multicolored LED mod - Arduino or PIC

[tooandrew]

question, i know that an arduino can fade between colors smoothly, but they're massive and as such not exactly ideal for mods. i want to make a mod that runs through a predetermined cycle of colors, and i was wondering if  a PIC microcontroller could do the same. i think that the PIC 12f683 only has one pin that can support led fading, unless i've been misinformed. so, any ideas? an 8 pin would be preferable so i can fit it in a psp, but a larger one will work for my 360, so that can work
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[lilunwl]

I have been wanting to do something on the lines of this myself. However I am not a programer. But I have talked to more than one person on this and here is what I have been told. Depending on how many leds your going to run will depend on what pic to use. Yes you can use a 12f683 but I dont think you could individually control each led if you use more than one. You need 3 I/O pins per LED. I wanted to have someone make modes of different colors first mode red 2nd blue 3rd green 4th purple etc etc then have some fading work into it all. I think this is a great project and well I hope you learn what you need and get it all to your likings. Good luck.