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Flora Board not Powering

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Hello! Hoping I can get some help with my first largeish wearable project.

I have 44 Neopixels in a single strand wired to my Flora. When I plug into my macbook to load a strandtest my computer tells me "USB Accessories Disabled. Unplug the accessory using too much power to re-enable USB devices." When I try to plug in the lipo (3.7v) the green indicator light does not turn on. When I disconnect my strand though it does so I must have an issue with the power usages of the strand. The Adafruit guide says that a Flora can power up to 50 Neopixels with the onboard power supply so I'm really not sure why I'm having issues. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I can give more info if needed.

Thanks so much!!

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My guess is that you have a short related to the strand.

That many lights should be ok if you keep the overall average brightness down.

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Thanks Dave!

I'm in the process now of trying to locate any shorts so fingers crossed I can get it sorted :)

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Hi again!

I've gotten myself a multimeter and have fixed some of my joints and achieved continuity. When I plug the battery in though I'm still not getting the indicator light lighting up. Any other suggestions? I've just realised that I'm using a 3.7v battery but I believe that NeoPixels are 2.2v. Do I need a resistor?

Thanks!

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NeoPixels are canonically 5v but will work fine on 3.3v.

Have you tries using fewer of the NeoPixel to test out whether it is a power issue?

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Hello,

Have you tried any power supply other than the Lipo battery? For example, have you tried with any microUSB charger?

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