diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dfbefae..10cd3a1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 4
 
+[[package]]
+name = "autocfg"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c08606f8c3cbf4ce6ec8e28fb0014a2c086708fe954eaa885384a6165172e7e8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitfield"
 version = "0.19.4"
@@ -52,6 +58,16 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "790eea4361631c5e7d22598ecd5723ff611904e3344ce8720784c93e3d83d40b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crypto-common"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "78c8292055d1c1df0cce5d180393dc8cce0abec0a7102adb6c7b1eef6016d60a"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+ "typenum",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
 version = "0.21.3"
@@ -131,6 +147,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "digest"
+version = "0.10.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
+dependencies = [
+ "crypto-common",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "document-features"
 version = "0.2.12"
@@ -140,12 +165,38 @@ dependencies = [
  "litrs",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "embassy-embedded-hal"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "554e3e840696f54b4c9afcf28a0f24da431c927f4151040020416e7393d6d0d8"
+dependencies = [
+ "embassy-futures",
+ "embassy-hal-internal",
+ "embassy-sync 0.7.2",
+ "embedded-hal 0.2.7",
+ "embedded-hal 1.0.0",
+ "embedded-hal-async",
+ "embedded-storage",
+ "embedded-storage-async",
+ "nb 1.1.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "embassy-futures"
 version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dc2d050bdc5c21e0862a89256ed8029ae6c290a93aecefc73084b3002cdebb01"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "embassy-hal-internal"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "95285007a91b619dc9f26ea8f55452aa6c60f7115a4edc05085cd2bd3127cd7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "embassy-sync"
 version = "0.6.2"
@@ -154,7 +205,7 @@ checksum = "8d2c8cdff05a7a51ba0087489ea44b0b1d97a296ca6b1d6d1a33ea7423d34049"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "critical-section",
- "embedded-io-async",
+ "embedded-io-async 0.6.1",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
  "heapless 0.8.0",
@@ -168,12 +219,31 @@ checksum = "73974a3edbd0bd286759b3d483540f0ebef705919a5f56f4fc7709066f71689b"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "critical-section",
- "embedded-io-async",
+ "embedded-io-async 0.6.1",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
  "heapless 0.8.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "embedded-can"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e9d2e857f87ac832df68fa498d18ddc679175cf3d2e4aa893988e5601baf9438"
+dependencies = [
+ "nb 1.1.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "embedded-hal"
+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "35949884794ad573cf46071e41c9b60efb0cb311e3ca01f7af807af1debc66ff"
+dependencies = [
+ "nb 0.1.3",
+ "void",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "embedded-hal"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -186,7 +256,7 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0c4c685bbef7fe13c3c6dd4da26841ed3980ef33e841cddfa15ce8a8fb3f1884"
 dependencies = [
- "embedded-hal",
+ "embedded-hal 1.0.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -195,13 +265,28 @@ version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "edd0f118536f44f5ccd48bcb8b111bdc3de888b58c74639dfb034a357d0f206d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "embedded-io"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9eb1aa714776b75c7e67e1da744b81a129b3ff919c8712b5e1b32252c1f07cc7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "embedded-io-async"
 version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3ff09972d4073aa8c299395be75161d582e7629cd663171d62af73c8d50dba3f"
 dependencies = [
- "embedded-io",
+ "embedded-io 0.6.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "embedded-io-async"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2564b9f813c544241430e147d8bc454815ef9ac998878d30cc3055449f7fd4c0"
+dependencies = [
+ "embedded-io 0.7.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -210,6 +295,15 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a21dea9854beb860f3062d10228ce9b976da520a73474aed3171ec276bc0c032"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "embedded-storage-async"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1763775e2323b7d5f0aa6090657f5e21cfa02ede71f5dc40eead06d64dcd15cc"
+dependencies = [
+ "embedded-storage",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "enumset"
 version = "1.1.10"
@@ -296,11 +390,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "critical-section",
  "delegate",
+ "digest",
  "document-features",
+ "embassy-embedded-hal",
  "embassy-futures",
  "embassy-sync 0.7.2",
- "embedded-hal",
+ "embedded-can",
+ "embedded-hal 1.0.0",
  "embedded-hal-async",
+ "embedded-io 0.6.1",
+ "embedded-io 0.7.1",
+ "embedded-io-async 0.6.1",
+ "embedded-io-async 0.7.0",
  "enumset",
  "esp-config",
  "esp-hal-procmacros",
@@ -318,10 +419,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "fugit",
  "instability",
  "log",
+ "nb 1.1.0",
  "paste",
  "portable-atomic",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core 0.9.5",
  "riscv",
  "strum",
+ "ufmt-write",
  "xtensa-lx",
  "xtensa-lx-rt",
 ]
@@ -341,6 +446,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "termcolor",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "esp-hal-smartled"
+version = "0.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23eaae863a73f9bd1626687f539ff38942b442ae3974838ceeae5e932ddf0a2a"
+dependencies = [
+ "document-features",
+ "esp-hal",
+ "rgb",
+ "smart-leds-trait",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "esp-metadata-generated"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -445,8 +562,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "esp-backtrace",
  "esp-bootloader-esp-idf",
  "esp-hal",
+ "esp-hal-smartled",
  "esp-println",
  "log",
+ "smart-leds",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -529,6 +648,16 @@ version = "2.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1d758ba1b47b00caf47f24925c0074ecb20d6dfcffe7f6d53395c0465674841a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "generic-array"
+version = "0.14.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85649ca51fd72272d7821adaf274ad91c288277713d9c18820d8499a7ff69e9a"
+dependencies = [
+ "typenum",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hash32"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -656,6 +785,30 @@ version = "2.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f8ca58f447f06ed17d5fc4043ce1b10dd205e060fb3ce5b979b8ed8e59ff3f79"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nb"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "801d31da0513b6ec5214e9bf433a77966320625a37860f910be265be6e18d06f"
+dependencies = [
+ "nb 1.1.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "nb"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8d5439c4ad607c3c23abf66de8c8bf57ba8adcd1f129e699851a6e43935d339d"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-traits"
+version = "0.2.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "071dfc062690e90b734c0b2273ce72ad0ffa95f0c74596bc250dcfd960262841"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
 version = "0.37.3"
@@ -719,6 +872,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.6.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.9.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "76afc826de14238e6e8c374ddcc1fa19e374fd8dd986b0d2af0d02377261d83c"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rgb"
+version = "0.8.53"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "47b34b781b31e5d73e9fbc8689c70551fd1ade9a19e3e28cfec8580a79290cc4"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytemuck",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "riscv"
 version = "0.15.0"
@@ -726,7 +900,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b05cfa3f7b30c84536a9025150d44d26b8e1cc20ddf436448d74cd9591eefb25"
 dependencies = [
  "critical-section",
- "embedded-hal",
+ "embedded-hal 1.0.0",
  "paste",
  "riscv-macros",
  "riscv-pac",
@@ -833,6 +1007,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "unsafe-libyaml",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "smart-leds"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "66df34e571fa9993fa6f99131a374d58ca3d694b75f9baac93458fe0d6057bf0"
+dependencies = [
+ "smart-leds-trait",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "smart-leds-trait"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a7f4441a131924d58da6b83a7ad765c460e64630cce504376c3a87a2558c487f"
+dependencies = [
+ "rgb",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "somni-expr"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -931,6 +1123,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typenum"
+version = "1.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "562d481066bde0658276a35467c4af00bdc6ee726305698a55b86e61d7ad82bb"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ufmt-write"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e87a2ed6b42ec5e28cc3b94c09982969e9227600b2e3dcbc1db927a84c06bd69"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.24"
@@ -949,6 +1153,18 @@ version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77439c1b53d2303b20d9459b1ade71a83c716e3f9c34f3228c00e6f185d6c002"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "version_check"
+version = "0.9.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b928f33d975fc6ad9f86c8f283853ad26bdd5b10b7f1542aa2fa15e2289105a"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "void"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6a02e4885ed3bc0f2de90ea6dd45ebcbb66dacffe03547fadbb0eeae2770887d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-util"
 version = "0.1.11"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 01dac60..58996d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ name = "esp32c6-play"
 path = "./src/bin/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-esp-hal = { version = "~1.0", features = ["esp32c6", "log-04"] }
-
+esp-hal = { version = "~1.0", features = ["esp32c6", "log-04", "unstable"] }
 
 esp-bootloader-esp-idf = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["esp32c6", "log-04"] }
 log                    = "0.4.27"
@@ -22,6 +21,8 @@ esp-backtrace = { version = "0.18.1", features = [
   "println",
 ] }
 esp-println = { version = "0.16.1", features = ["esp32c6", "log-04"] }
+esp-hal-smartled = { version = "0.17.0", features = ["esp32c6"] }
+smart-leds = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false }
 
 
 [profile.dev]
diff --git a/src/bin/main.rs b/src/bin/main.rs
index 7ead6f2..3567fbb 100644
--- a/src/bin/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/main.rs
@@ -1,26 +1,22 @@
 #![no_std]
 #![no_main]
-#![deny(
-    clippy::mem_forget,
-    reason = "mem::forget is generally not safe to do with esp_hal types, especially those \
-    holding buffers for the duration of a data transfer."
-)]
-#![deny(clippy::large_stack_frames)]
 
 use esp_backtrace as _;
 use esp_hal::clock::CpuClock;
 use esp_hal::main;
-use esp_hal::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use esp_hal::rmt::Rmt;
+use esp_hal::time::{Duration, Instant, Rate};
+use esp_hal_smartled::{SmartLedsAdapter, smart_led_buffer};
 use log::info;
+use smart_leds::{
+    SmartLedsWrite as _, brightness,
+    colors::{BLUE, GREEN, RED},
+};
 
 // This creates a default app-descriptor required by the esp-idf bootloader.
 // For more information see: <https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/stable/esp32/api-reference/system/app_image_format.html#application-description>
 esp_bootloader_esp_idf::esp_app_desc!();
 
-#[allow(
-    clippy::large_stack_frames,
-    reason = "it's not unusual to allocate larger buffers etc. in main"
-)]
 #[main]
 fn main() -> ! {
     // generator version: 1.2.0
@@ -28,13 +24,24 @@ fn main() -> ! {
     esp_println::logger::init_logger_from_env();
 
     let config = esp_hal::Config::default().with_cpu_clock(CpuClock::max());
-    let _peripherals = esp_hal::init(config);
+    let peripherals = esp_hal::init(config);
+
+    let mut buffer = smart_led_buffer!(1);
+    let mut led = {
+        let frequency = Rate::from_mhz(80);
+        let rmt = Rmt::new(peripherals.RMT, frequency).expect("failed to initialize RMT0");
+        SmartLedsAdapter::new(rmt.channel0, peripherals.GPIO8, &mut buffer)
+    };
+    let level = 10;
 
     loop {
         info!("Hello world!");
         let delay_start = Instant::now();
+        led.write(brightness([RED].into_iter(), level)).unwrap();
         while delay_start.elapsed() < Duration::from_millis(500) {}
+        led.write(brightness([GREEN].into_iter(), level)).unwrap();
+        while delay_start.elapsed() < Duration::from_millis(1000) {}
+        led.write(brightness([BLUE].into_iter(), level)).unwrap();
+        while delay_start.elapsed() < Duration::from_millis(1500) {}
     }
-
-    // for inspiration have a look at the examples at https://github.com/esp-rs/esp-hal/tree/esp-hal-v1.0.0/examples
 }