Agreed 100%. Not happy with the Pi's 3.3v pins and want to light something brighter than a couple of LEDs? Try this: - 12v power supply (from like anything in

Agreed 100%. Not happy with the Pi's 3.3v pins and want to light something brighter than a couple of LEDs? Try this: - 12v power supply (from like anything in your house) - 12v LED strip (super cheap on eBay or basically anywhere) - This awesome MOSFET from Adafruit http://www.adafruit.com/products/355 http://www.adafruit.com/products/355 This is what I used for a cool RPi + RFID + LED project this year, write-up coming eventually, here's a clip for now: http://vine.co/v/bvZQVJLnemh http://vine.co/v/bvZQVJLnemh - my example only has a few LEDs but in the final product I used strips with about 30.