The 16 bright smart RGB LED are arranged in a circle with 70mm outer diameter. The rings are ‘chainable’ – connect the output pin of one to the input pin of another. Use only one microcontroller pin to control as many as you can chain together! Each LED is addressable as the driver chip is inside the LED. Each one has ~18mA constant current drive so the color will be very consistent even if the voltage varies, and no external choke resistors are required making the design slim. Power the whole thing with 5VDC (4-7V works) and you’re ready to rock.
There is a single data line with a very timing-specific protocol. Since the protocol is very sensitive to timing, it requires a real-time microconroller such as an AVR, **Arduino, PIC, mbed, etc. It cannot be used with a Linux-based microcomputer or interpreted microcontroller such as the netduino or Basic Stamp. As it requires hand-tuned assembly it is only for AVR cores but others may have ported this chip driver code so please google around. An 8MHz or faster processor is required.
Comes as a single ring with 16 individually addressable RGB LEDs assembled and tested.
** Neopixel library for Arduino supports these pixels!
Tutorials
LED Trinket Tree Topper
3D Printed Moravian Star + NeoPixel + Trinket Topper
NeoPixel Ring Bangle Bracelet
Pixel ring bling
Trinket Sound-Reactive LED Color Organ
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STEAM-Punk Goggles
Great Googly Moogly
Superhero Power Plant
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GEMMA Hoop Earrings
NeoPixel Ring Bling
FLORA NeoGeo Watch
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Using NeoPixels with Netduino Plus 2
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Adafruit NeoPixel Überguide
Everything you always wanted to know about Adafruit NeoPixels but were afraid to ask
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Fashion headwear for cyberpunks, steampunks and Daft Punks.
3D Printed LED Goggles
Why mod when you can make?
