[RESOLVED] Feather RP2040 Neopixel power on GPIO?

[jisahr]

The guide for the Feather RP2040 (https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-fea ... o/overview) includes the remark:

RGB NeoPixel with power pin on GPIO so you can depower it for low power usages.

I am interested in a low-power application and would like to depower the NeoPixel. I have also noticed that some CircuitPython examples such as "Deep Sleep with CircuitPython" (https://learn.adafruit.com/deep-sleep-w ... -and-sleep) make reference to what sounds like the pin that would be used for this:

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# On MagTag, enable power to NeoPixels.
# Remove these two lines on boards without board.NEOPIXEL_POWER.
np_power = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.NEOPIXEL_POWER)
np_power.switch_to_output(value=False)

However, the Feather RP2040 board does not appear to list this pin:

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>>> import board
>>> dir(board)
['__class__', '__name__', 'A0', 'A1', 'A2', 'A3', 'D0', 'D1', 'D10', 'D11', 'D12', 'D13', 'D13', 'D24', 'D25', 'D5', 'D6', 'D9', 'I2C', 'LED', 'MISO', 'MOSI', 'NEOPIXEL', 'RX', 'SCK', 'SCL', 'SDA', 'SPI', 'TX', 'UART', 'board_id']

Additionally, the schematic diagram appears to say that this pin is tied high, as highlighted below:

feather_rp2040_pinout_neopixel.png (295.13 KiB) Viewed 140 times

Am I missing something? It seems that the stated capability is not available.

[dastels]

{Edit after looking further] The Feather RP2040 does not appear to have control over the NeoPixel power.

Dave

[jisahr]

Dave,

I believe that I am. The version I put on the board is named: adafruit-circuitpython-adafruit_feather_rp2040-en_US-7.0.0.uf2; I downloaded it yesterday from (https://circuitpython.org/board/adafrui ... er_rp2040/). My understanding is that 7.0.0 is the most recent version.

Thank you,

-- JIS

[dastels]

See above. I revised my response.

[jisahr]

Thanks Dave. I was afraid of that; oh well. I will be sure to look further before I leap next time!

Is there a means for alerting whoever maintains the product learn page to the error? I assume it must have been copied erroneously from the MagTag, or something like that.

[Edit: marked thread as Resolved]

[dastels]

Yes, I raised the issue with the support team.

Dave

[dastels]

The guide has been fixed. Good catch.

Dave