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I can not longer use the BlinkM for Alan's eyes as they have modified the hardware and voltage requirements etc. so I'm looking for other options. The neopixels blaster would be perfect but looks like it's not on the production line yet.
...I'm really only looking at trying to get ez Builder to control a single neopixels color cycle, fade, brightness, control on and off. I'd like to be able to use sliders like the blink M control (rgb ). Any ideas or other options I'm overlooking?
@perry,
What sketch do you load up on the ardurino to accept commands from ARC?
or @PTP
Will, you're correct 6 lines for 2 regular RGB LEDs (plus ground or V+ depending on which type you have common anode or common cathode).
Someone was supposed to make a video about this stuff! Oh yeah that was me........;)
Is it safe to say anything with this config is a neopixel?
And anything looking like this with RGB would be a standard RGB LED?
Yep, Bang on!
Got it...ok going to order a few of the regular RGB LEDS and do some testing...
...then will test with PTPs set up with the neopixels (which i have a ton of). Just trying to figure out what sketch to load onto the ardurino. Hopefully PTP can chime in when he has time..he's super busy. Thanks PTP for taking the time out to help out!
@fxrtst
I am using the script that is provided on the neopixel tutorial page on this site.
synthiam.com/Community/Tutorials/150/1
Also, I use an Adafruit pro micro instead of the arduino. THey are cheap and small
www.adafruit.com/product/2000
So if I just connect a single neopixel and load the sketch and change the neopixel amount to 1 (as you are using a ring), i should be able to just send commends to control color? I would not have use for chase, scanner on a single neopixel.
If a ring has 128 neopixels, then your number is 128.