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Re: Neopixels & regulators

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Originally Posted by feverittm View Post
Since people are talking neopixels and arduinos on their robots. Anyone care to comment on the code required to communicate between the roboRIO and the arduino to control the LEDs (on both the Arduino and the roboRIO please)? Serial or I2C communication? Independent Arduino or an integrated device like the roboDuino?

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We just used a regular arduino, connected directly to the roboRIO using a USB cable. That both powered the arduino and gave a serial connection between the 2. From there, the easiest way is to send simple commands over serial to the arduino, and have the arduino use those commands to change the lights.
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