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Originally Posted by Bkeeneykid
A slightly more expensive alternative to NeoPixels are Adafruit's own Dotstar lineup. They are slightly more expensive than NeoPixels, and don't come in as many varieties, but just simply use SPI and don't require the specific timing that makes NeoPixels so hard to use with the Rio.
Link: https://www.adafruit.com/categories/885 |
Pretty cool find. We used neopixles this year with an arduino co-processor, but if you can just plug them right into the rio that would save a bunch of effort.
Do you externally power the LEDs or use roboRIO power?
(puts on his asbestos underwear, because these threads always get heated) - Billfred [more] 
08-08-2016, 17:37
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