The IOIO doesn't support the NeoPixel protocol. If you're into changing the IOIO firmware, that shouldn't be hard to achieve. I have reference code for that if you want, but first make sure you can compile and install the stock firmware and that you understand where the new code should go.
On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Fried panseller <[email protected]> wrote: > LED STRIP: https://www.adafruit.com/products/1461 > My IOIO Board: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12633 > > on the Adafruit LED Strip website it says > > - Second, to get high density, the controller chip is inside the LED, > which is kind of cool, but also means that the chip only uses a single pin > for input and a single pin for output. The protocol used is very very > timing-specific and can only be controlled by microcontrollers with highly > repeatable 100nS timing precision. We have example code for using with the > Arduino Uno/Mega microcontroller at 8MHz and 16MHz, and with a little > effort you can use with the Raspberry Pi > <https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixels-on-raspberry-pi>, or Beagle Bone > Black <http://www.nycresistor.com/2013/07/27/ledscape/>, but it will > not work with the Basic Stamp, NETduino, any other interpreted/virtual > machine microprocessor or any processor slower than 8 MHz. For those > processors, check our LPD8806-based digital LED strip which has > SPI-like input/output <https://www.adafruit.com/search?q=lpd8806&b=1> and > works easily with Pi, NETduino, and other processors. > - Third, just because you have all those pixels doesn't mean you have > the RAM for it - the entire strip must be buffered in memory, and we've > found many Arduino UNO projects only have about 1500 bytes of RAM available > after all the extras are included - enough for about 500 LED pixels. If you > want to drive the entire strip and have some other libraries included, use > a Mega. > > So I am not sure if it will work > > If it does work, Do I just connect all the controlling wires to the IOIO > board, connect the Power wire from the LED strip to a power source, and > watch all the magic happen? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ioio-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ioio-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
