“I'd previously used a cheap Far-Eastern clone in my fibreoptic Christmas tree upgrade (https://www.instructables.com/id/Fibreoptic-Christmas-Tree-Upgrade/) but when I got it out of the loft this year it appeared that the 2nd pixel had died, preventing all subsequent ones from working. So I had to shell out for the Genuine Article!
My wife said "Isn't it brighter and aren't the colours more intense this year?" Very pleased with the result, and I've been inspired to revisit the Arduino sketch to tweak it for an even better effect.”
“Another great 'NeoPixel' board
Fits inside the 'Adafruit 16 NeoPixel Ring'
Just as easy to use as the other NeoPixel product's
and of course Very Very Bright
I got this and NeoPixel 16 & 24 rings working from an Attiny44 (8-pin Atmel AVR chip smaller the its bigger brother in the Genuino Uno)
I will buy more of these in the future :)”