<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Hats Off Mardi Gras - NeoPixels &amp;amp; Fabric (Part 4)</title><link>/challenges-projects/design-challenges/hats-off/b/blog/posts/hats-off-mardi-gras---neopixels-fabric-part-4</link><description>This video s is about setting up the electronics and making fabric choices for the mask.I ran into two problems during the set up process. First, a new delay setting between color changes on the NeoPixel Color Wipe function was not working correctly.</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Hats Off Mardi Gras - NeoPixels &amp;amp; Fabric (Part 4)</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/hats-off/b/blog/posts/hats-off-mardi-gras---neopixels-fabric-part-4</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2014 19:59:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:253d59ea-146e-4c82-b429-261facc6952e</guid><dc:creator>DAB</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Excellent Post.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I liked how you described the issues and looked at multiple solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Did you consider turning the LED upside down so that the light would reflect off the fabric only?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That approach would let you control the size of the spot without the central bright spot.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You could adjust your stand off distance to get the circle size you want.&amp;nbsp; Then you could use your glass bead to hide the upside down LED in the center.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DAB&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=18624&amp;AppID=109&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>