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neopixels & arduino uno pin problems

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Hey all,
iv'e been trying to get several neopixel products to run together using the same strand test,
I'm using an arduino uno with my windows 7 laptop,
reading up on the code it says that you can add extra strips of pixels and assign them a different number pin.
i have several size pixel rings
a 7 neopixel jewel,
a 12,16,24 & 60 neopixel ring,

question is,
is it possible to get all of the neopixels working together on the same strand test code?
i did try and add extra strip commands to the code,it verified fine,uploaded fine but only one of the pins lights up the pixels,
help

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If you tell us what you want them to do and post your code we may be able to help.

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Re: neopixels & arduino uno pin problems

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I did think to upload the code,
but i don't think that the code is the problem,
i'm trying to get all of the neopixel rings working at once
each pixel ring on a different pin,
i did add an extra strip to the code as per the tutorials instructions,the code verified and uploaded without any errors
but i could only get 1 ring lit.
iv'e now chained all of the rings together in 1 continual strip which works but i'm sure it would work better with each different ring
on a different pin doing different things,(if that's even possible)

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It is possible to do, but the coding is a bit more advanced.

Check out what the folks are doing in this thread: http://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=67073

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Cheers for the link,
iv'e successfully chained 109 pixels together that's a ring of 60,24,12 a jewel of 7 and 12 individuals,
i'm overall not that impressed with the neo pixel 60 ring,
i soldered it together flat and one section of circuit has a bend in the middle so it won't sit flat,
and when i soldered some small bits pf wire to the data in/out connections one of the solder pads came off,
so iv'e ran the data out off of one connection halfway round,which now makes the next ring light up before it should,
still looks good though
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=87 ... =2&theater

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That looks AWESOME!!!

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Nicely done!

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Thanks guys,looks great in the dark,but on the flip side there's a chaotic amount of wires :)

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