A real police light bar, a fire-truck beacon or a K.I.T.T.-style chase on your RC car? With Flare RC's custom LED groups, you coordinate several LEDs into one sequence — without touching any code, and the ESP32 board plays it on its own.
What you need
- 2 or more LEDs (e.g. 1 red + 1 blue for a police bar).
- One resistor (220 Ω) per LED.
- Free GPIOs on your ESP32 board, and the Flare RC app.
1. Wire and create your custom LEDs
Wire each LED to a free GPIO: anode (+) → resistor → GPIO, cathode (−) → common GND. In the app, Settings → Custom LEDs, create each LED in custom mode, name it ("Red", "Blue") and pick its marker color.
2. Create the group
Still in Custom LEDs, Groups section → "Create a group". Give it a name, e.g. "Police bar".
3. Build the sequence
Add steps: each step = one LED + on/off + brightness. The delay is set between steps. For a red/blue alternation:
- Red ON — delay 0
- Blue OFF — delay 80 ms
- Red OFF — delay 0
- Blue ON — delay 80 ms
4. Choose when it runs
- Continuous: runs all the time from power-up.
- Triggered: an on/off button in the Control tab (and CH3 later).
- Linked: follows an existing function (light bar, hazards…).
That's it
Save: the sequence goes to the board. In continuous or linked mode, it runs even without a phone. Your custom light bar is ready to roll.