# RGB-W with an Output Expander

**URL:** <https://forum.electromage.com/t/rgb-w-with-an-output-expander/2464>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [August 27, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/rgb-w-with-an-output-expander/2464 "2022-08-27T22:53:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![zranger1](https://forum.electromage.com/user_avatar/forum.electromage.com/zranger1/32/301_2.png) [@zranger1](https://forum.electromage.com/u/zranger1)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/rgb-w-with-an-output-expander/2464/7 "2022-08-30T22:55:55Z")

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(Built a firmware version that actually does this, just to make sure I could.)

> [@Build your own Output Expander Firmware!](https://forum.electromage.com/t/build-your-own-output-expander-firmware/2468):
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> It makes me a little uncomfortable, telling people, “go ye, change what code you will and flash then thine own firmware. Easy!”, when I haven’t done it myself. Even though I theoretically know how, I had never actually worked with the output expander’s firmware. So I’ve made a project based on @Wizard’s latest open source that builds alternate firmware for the Output Expander, and describes (here and in the README.MD) how I got there. (Note that this is not intended as a contest entry, just …

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