Neopixel

Projects
Participants	Einstein
Skills	Basic electronics, Programming, Arduino
Status	Active
Niche	Electronics
Purpose	Fun

Welcome to our Neopixel wiki by Einstein

What do we use for this project

• Neopixel Ledstrip WS2812 60leds/mtr
• Controlerboard
  • Arduino (using Arduino Ethernet for this project)
  • STM

Other stuff you might need

• Networkcable
• USB cable
• Powersupply

Control

Arduino

• Connecting
  • PIN 6

• Programming

• • Software
    • Arduinosoftware http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
    • Adafruit_Neopixel libraries https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoPixel

• • Example by Adafruit
    • Adafruit Neopixel example to get you going https://raw.github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoPixel/master/examples/strandtest/strandtest.pde

• • Examples by Einstein

• • • Simple ON in one color

   File:Neopixel_all_on.ino.txt

• • • Simple OFF in one color

   File:Neopixel_all_off.ino.txt

• • • Using colorcodes.h instead of rgb values

Using colorcodes.h instead of rgb values in code, because i got tired of typing numbers :)

   use this file and include it in the source
   File:colorcodes.h.txt

   already changed sources
   Sample ON:
   File:Neopixel_all_on_colorcodes.ino.txt
   
   Sample OFF:
   File:Neopixel_all_low_colorcodes.ino.txt

• • Simple blink in one color

STM

• Connecting
  • PIN 1

What todo with your LED strip

• Building your own OHM2013 lantern