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| # WS2812Serial - Non-Blocking WS2812B / NeoPixel LEDs Library | |||
| Similar to [OctoWS2811](https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_OctoWS2811.html), this library | |||
| allows you to use WS2811, WS2812, WS2812B / NeoPixel LEDs without blocking interrupts. | |||
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| Non-blocking allows other libraries, especially | |||
| [Audio](https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_Audio.html) and high speed serial communication | |||
| to function properly while the LEDs update. Complex animation can also run faster, | |||
| because the show() function does not wait for the LEDs to update, allowing your code | |||
| more time to draw the next frame. | |||
| ## Hardware Resources Used | |||
| WS2812Serial controls a single LED strip, using only 1 pin. While any number of | |||
| LEDs may be connected, in practice 1 pin is best for small projects with less | |||
| than 500 to 1000 LEDs. OctoWS2811 offers 8 parallel outputs for large projects. | |||
| Non-blocking performance does come with a cost. 15 bytes of memory are required | |||
| per LED, rather than the usual 3 bytes with [FastLED](http://fastled.io/) or | |||
| [Adafruit NeoPixel](https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoPixel). One of | |||
| the [hardware serial ports](https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_uart.html) is also | |||
| used to transmit the data, making that port unavailable for other uses. | |||
| ## Supported Pins & Serial Ports | |||
| | Port | Teensy LC | Teensy 3.2 | Teensy 3.5 | Teensy 3.6 | | |||
| | :------ | :---------: | :--------: | :--------: | :--------: | | |||
| | Serial1 | 1, 4, 5, 24 | 1, 5 | 1, 5, 26 | 1, 5, 26 | | |||
| | Serial2 | | 10, 31 | 10 | 10 | | |||
| | Serial3 | | 8, 20 | 8, 20 | 8, 20 | | |||
| | Serial4 | | | 32 | 32 | | |||
| | Serial5 | | | 33 | 33 | | |||
| | Serial6 | | | 48 | | | |||
| Serial2 & Serial3 on Teensy LC are not supported, due to lack of configurable | |||
| oversampling needed to run at the high speed required. | |||
| Serial6 on Teensy 3.6 is not currently supported, due to different hardware | |||
| registers. | |||