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by ricblue
Fri Sep 30, 2016 2:12 pm
Forum: ESP8266 boards
Topic: Adafruit NeoPixel FeatherWing -- np.fill(0,0,0) = dim not blank!
Replies: 3
Views: 4656

Re: Adafruit NeoPixel FeatherWing -- np.fill(0,0,0) = dim not blank!

I discussed this with Damian George (the author of MicroPython), via a github bug report. SOLUTION: Raise the clock speed on the Feather from 80MHz (default) to 160MHz. Likely this impacts power consumption but this cures this nasty np.fill((0,0,0)) = dim not off problem Just add these links of code...
by ricblue
Tue Sep 27, 2016 7:43 pm
Forum: Hardware Projects
Topic: Driver for WS2812 RGB LEDs (NeoPixels, ...)
Replies: 30
Views: 104760

Re: Driver for WS2812 RGB LEDs (NeoPixels, ...)

Have you seen the Adafruit MicroPython + NeoPixel video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcyuYvyvOEI

The author has created an rgbw version of the MicroPython Neopixel drivers. see here:
https://gist.github.com/tdicola/6fe1fbc ... e5fd9594f6
by ricblue
Mon Sep 26, 2016 12:39 pm
Forum: ESP8266 boards
Topic: Adafruit NeoPixel FeatherWing -- np.fill(0,0,0) = dim not blank!
Replies: 3
Views: 4656

Re: Adafruit NeoPixel FeatherWing -- np.fill(0,0,0) = dim not blank!

The Feather board is powered by USB cable to USB3.0 port on my laptop There seems to be enough juice as the board will happily display (255,255,255) -- all LEDs on full which should draw more current. I've seen insufficient power situations cause the CPU to crash when the current draw goes too high ...
by ricblue
Mon Sep 26, 2016 2:11 am
Forum: ESP8266 boards
Topic: Adafruit NeoPixel FeatherWing -- np.fill(0,0,0) = dim not blank!
Replies: 3
Views: 4656

Adafruit NeoPixel FeatherWing -- np.fill(0,0,0) = dim not blank!

Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I wanted to check here. Maybe this is NeoPixel driver bug, maybe I'm just messing up somewhere Board = Adafruit ESP8266 Feather, reflashed with 1.8.4 (using NodeMCU flasher - I know that's not the officiial tool) LED board is Adafruit NeoPixel FeatherWing -- 4x8 m...