I'm using the slim neopixel strip with a Gemma M0. https://www.adafruit.com/product/5225
I have soldered a male JST connector to the Gemma M0's Vout, D1, and Ground pins. I plugged the strip's female end into this. I confirmed that the strip's red wire is the one that is matched to Vout.
I can't get the strip to light up at all. I've tried several example codes that I've found on this site.
(I've tried several, none have worked, but below I've pasted the latest code that I tried). The code runs with no errors in the Serial output.
I can see that there is just under 5V coming out of the Gemma's Vout pin, so that seems to be ok.
What could I be doing wrong here? Maybe something wrong with the strip?
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 ladyada for Adafruit Industries
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
import time
import board
import neopixel
# On CircuitPlayground Express, and boards with built in status NeoPixel -> board.NEOPIXEL
# Otherwise choose an open pin connected to the Data In of the NeoPixel strip, i.e. board.D1
pixel_pin = board.D1
# The number of NeoPixels
num_pixels = 20
# The order of the pixel colors - RGB or GRB. Some NeoPixels have red and green reversed!
# For RGBW NeoPixels, simply change the ORDER to RGBW or GRBW.
ORDER = neopixel.GRB
pixels = neopixel.NeoPixel(
pixel_pin, num_pixels, brightness=0.2, auto_write=False, pixel_order=ORDER
)
def wheel(pos):
# Input a value 0 to 255 to get a color value.
# The colours are a transition r - g - b - back to r.
if pos < 0 or pos > 255:
r = g = b = 0
elif pos < 85:
r = int(pos * 3)
g = int(255 - pos * 3)
b = 0
elif pos < 170:
pos -= 85
r = int(255 - pos * 3)
g = 0
b = int(pos * 3)
else:
pos -= 170
r = 0
g = int(pos * 3)
b = int(255 - pos * 3)
return (r, g, b) if ORDER in (neopixel.RGB, neopixel.GRB) else (r, g, b, 0)
def rainbow_cycle(wait):
for j in range(255):
for i in range(num_pixels):
pixel_index = (i * 256 // num_pixels) + j
pixels[i] = wheel(pixel_index & 255)
pixels.show()
time.sleep(wait)
while True:
# Comment this line out if you have RGBW/GRBW NeoPixels
pixels.fill((255, 0, 0))
# Uncomment this line if you have RGBW/GRBW NeoPixels
# pixels.fill((255, 0, 0, 0))
pixels.show()
time.sleep(1)
# Comment this line out if you have RGBW/GRBW NeoPixels
pixels.fill((0, 255, 0))
# Uncomment this line if you have RGBW/GRBW NeoPixels
# pixels.fill((0, 255, 0, 0))
pixels.show()
time.sleep(1)
# Comment this line out if you have RGBW/GRBW NeoPixels
pixels.fill((0, 0, 255))
# Uncomment this line if you have RGBW/GRBW NeoPixels
# pixels.fill((0, 0, 255, 0))
pixels.show()
time.sleep(1)
rainbow_cycle(0.001) # rainbow cycle with 1ms delay per step