NEW GUIDE: Adafruit NeoDriver – I2C to NeoPixel Driver #AdafruitLearningSystem #Adafruit @adafruit @blitzcitydiy
We often get folks asking how to get NeoPixels working on some OrangeBananaOnionRockchipAllWinner Pi type board, given we have our Blinka library that provides support for CircuitPython libraries including the NeoPixel library. A quick solution is this seesaw-based NeoDriver board here: send it the NeoPixel data you want to write over I2C and it will blit out the perfect pixel timing on the other side. We’re using an ATtiny1616 so we have enough RAM to buffer a 512-pixel long strand.
The Adafruit NeoDriver guide has everything you need to get started with using the breakout. There’s pages for overview, pinouts, CircuitPython and Python, Arduino and resources for download.
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