Hey folks,
last Advent I started using the RaspberryPi Pico and did some Code Projects as part of a Advent Calender from The Pi Hut.
I was so hooked that I got myself a Raspberry Pi 5 to look into both directions, the MircroController and other Application Development.
The outcome of this was that I made myself a Piano Chord Trainer on the Weekend with PiGameZero and a Midi Interface.
The next thing I wanted to try is to link a addressable RGB LED dot strand to my program.
On the Raspberry Pico the tutorial used neopixel as a library.
Here the tutorial:
https://thepihut.com/blogs/raspberry-pi ... tra-blinky
I want to use the LED Strip shown in the above tutorial first, to see if the idea is fun, before I buy a new strip.
I struggled to get the neopixel library installed on the Raspberry Pi 5 so I went over to GPIOZero.
On RaspberryPi 5 I found the GPIOZero Library. I got Buttons and Single LEDs working fine, but struggle with the addressable RGB LED dot strand.
Can you folks direct me to any examples of how to use a addressable RGB LED dot strand, like that. with one control lane, ground and power?
I'm happy with whatever Library works todo that.
Thank you very much!
Following link provided for information, without endorsement or recommendation. I think I tried it with success a while back, but can't be sure.
https://github.com/vanshksingh/pi5neo
(Of course, this assumes that your 'addressable RGB LED dot strand' is compatible with WS2812 / 'Neopixel' hardware.)
Statistics: Posted by B.Goode — Tue Jan 13, 2026 10:08 am