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First NeoPixels Project

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Hi everyone,

I'm new to this, and I just wanted to check in here to make sure everything I'll be doing is correct so I don't burn out my LED's. I purchased 30 of these NeoPixels (https://www.adafruit.com/products/1376), and I'll be placing them to a pegboard behind plexiglass. I'll be using a Teensy 3.1 to control them.

The power supply I have is:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... OU:US:1120

This should be sufficient, as 900 LED's x 60mA = 51.74 amps, correct? I did some reading, and picked up a Teensy 3.1 OctoWS2811 Adaptor as well, would this be good for this project? Is there anything else I would need?

Thank you in advance.

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Re: First NeoPixels Project

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That's what the OctoWS2811 is designed for.

Don't just power the strips from one end. Run the strips in parallel from the power supply. See our 'Powering NeoPixels' tutorial
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-neo ... uide/power

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