/challenges-projects/design-challenges/get-closer/b/blog/posts/playing-with-neopixel-ringsSeptember has been crazy busy. I can remember the last few days of August just as I was gatting into full swing with Wearables challenge and then Whoosh or something like that, its nearly the end of September and the challenge part of the...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/get-closer/b/blog/posts/playing-with-neopixel-ringsTue, 24 Sep 2013 06:57:25 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ce1dc512-b1eb-4507-99aa-c035af6f5b25vsluiter0<p>Hello Catherine,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You might also decrease the brightness of the LEDs (half the r,g,b values), that will save your eyes and make the standard battery operate with more pixels. It&#39;s a software solution, and maybe not the best, but it might help you speed forward while waiting for the battery!</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=16505&AppID=107&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/get-closer/b/blog/posts/playing-with-neopixel-ringsTue, 24 Sep 2013 00:41:50 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ce1dc512-b1eb-4507-99aa-c035af6f5b25zengirl20<p>Catherine, I think the neopixel rings are just amazing and I so want to make an IronWoman t-shirt with one.&nbsp; I was busting out laughing when you made the comment about your phone and the way the pixels look -- I have the same trouble when I do my little videos.&nbsp; I was telling someone recently that if you want bling, you absolutely need neopixels because they will blow your eyes out.&nbsp; Anyway, hopefully your project will end up being the next art gallery craze and maybe even something for Lady Gaga.&nbsp; Copper braid sounds like a great feature --both practical and interesting looking.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=16505&AppID=107&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">