I was connecting a 5V line to an additional sensor and I slipped up and dropped the wire onto the Uno...and it damaged the NeoPixel Stick that was connected and running. I've tried the stick on other Arduinos and it gives the same issue...LED 1 works...LED 2 seems to try to be all the other 7 at once...LEDs 3-8 stay dark.
The UNO works fine with everything else. All I can think is maybe the 5V hit the data line and killed it.
So I got 15 whole minutes of "ooooh...cool..." time with the NeoPixels before it ended. I'd order another but it already cost $10 to ship a $12 order. Maybe later this summer I'll order the 1m strip to play with so the shipping is a smaller % of the order value.
Really cool stuff...but do heed the warnings they give and be very careful with them.
Fried my NeoPixel Stick
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Re: Fried my NeoPixel Stick
Send a note to [email protected] with a link to this thread and we'll see if the folks there can offer you a discount on a replacement.
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Re: Fried my NeoPixel Stick
Thanks Mike...
I emailed support and within 3 minutes I had a reply from Matt in Support and was offered a replacement at no charge.
Adafruit rocks! This is customer support done right!
I was totally going to take this punch on the chin since it was my own stupidity for working on a live circuit. Now I'm sure I'll be ordering more NeoPixels in a few weeks since I can't resist all the "you know where else this would be cool" thoughts.
Thanks again!
Ross
I emailed support and within 3 minutes I had a reply from Matt in Support and was offered a replacement at no charge.
Adafruit rocks! This is customer support done right!
I was totally going to take this punch on the chin since it was my own stupidity for working on a live circuit. Now I'm sure I'll be ordering more NeoPixels in a few weeks since I can't resist all the "you know where else this would be cool" thoughts.
Thanks again!
Ross
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