Choosing the right components.

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Choosing the right components.

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Hello so I'm looking to build a simple setup with your products but im at a lose how to couple things together.

I'll try and explain to the best of my knowledge what I'm looking to do.
I want to make a 7 led Jewel ( ID 2860 ) and power it with a battery power pack using AA batteries I found you have a pack ( ID 727 ) I don't know if it's enough to power the jewel and then I need a controller to work with the jewel and power pack but I simply don't know what to use can you give me some recommendations and reasons for the difference choices ?

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It does not take a very powerful processor to drive a Jewel. You could use most any processor. The Gemma M0 would be a good match since it is compact and has a similar form-factor. And the 3xAAA battery holder you posted would work fine as a power source. A 3.7v LiPo cell would also work. But then you would need to add a charger to your project.

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Thanks you for all the answers thats perfect control for what I'm doing.
What would you recommend to make a on and off switch using the Gemma m0 I need to make an external on and off buttom

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The 3xAAA battery holder already has an on/off switch built-in: https://www.adafruit.com/product/727

If you want the switch separate from the battery pack, we also have these: https://www.adafruit.com/product/1092
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3064

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Hello and thanks you agine this has been huge help so far im planing on 3d printing a base where everything fits inside so i can make translucent 3d printed figures to stand on and light to go up through it, so my next important question come with a lot of confusion am i am to find the code i need to put on the Gemma m0 to just make it run the colors in a circle or something like that to shift between colors ?
or will i need to try do coding myself i have no prior experiance with coding so that seem like something that would be huge problem if comes down to me need to learn code aswell to use these products ?

Best of wish i hope you have great day.
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There is the "StrandTest" example code that comes with the Neopixel library. That will cycle through all the colors and a number of other interesting patterns. That is always a good place to start.

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