#HWYD WS2811 BRIDGE: GUIDE ###Prototyping with Neopixels and the Rasperry PI
This is a guide for using our Raspberry Pi shield designed with LED prototyping in mind. It attaches to the GPIO pins of your Raspberry Pi and acts as a WS2811 Bridge between LED's of your choice. We love prototyping with Neopixels and needed a tool that was easy to use. The shield allows us to get our prototypes going right away without the need of a breadboard, cobbler setup and extra wires.
#NOTE
- Supports Raspbbery Pi A, B/B+, 2 and 3.
- Works with any WS2811 / WS2812 LED's and Neopixels
- 3 and 4 pin Molex slots for easily swapping out your LED's
- 100uf capacitor to protect against surges while powering
- Inspired by adafruit Neopixels and Fadecandy.
#BUILD GUIDE
We chose Raspberry Pi for it's speed, networking capabilities, threading etc. Also we like the flexbility Python offers for web and data minded projects.
###STEP 1: PARTS LIST
* HWYD Board * Raspberry Pi * 3pin Molex * Power Jack * IC * IC Socket * 2x20 Headers * 100uF Capacitor
###STEP 2: SOLDER
Solder it up. This version of the board has 5 parts and should take 10-15 minute to complete.
###STEP 3: ATTACH
DIN, POWER, GROUND
#INSTALLING DRIVERS We are using the rpi_ws281 library from jgarff. You can find a more detailed version of the driver installation guide from adafruit.
###STEP 1: Update your Pi
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential python-dev git scons swig
###STEP 2: Download the rpi_ws281 library
git clone https://github.com/jgarff/rpi_ws281x.git cd rpi_ws281x scons
###STEP 3: Install
cd python sudo python setup.py install
###STEP 4: Run an example
cd python/examples sudo python strandtest.py
#Where do I get one? Let us know, It's only $10!
######Radical Networks, NYC Creative Tech Week, Halloween Pixels, kandizzy/hotline-bling