I''ve gotten a esp8266 and a neopixel ring,

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I’'ve gotten a esp8266 and a neopixel ring, and cant get fast led to compile for it. the basic blink sketch pops up a error upon compile
http://pastebin.com/guVziJGN

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That looks like an older version of the library. Remove that one and grab the latest from github, which should work better.

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I removed the lib which was 3.1.x and reinstalled it… same thing. did this via lib manager… it wont compile on my system. let me try on the laptop

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same error on the laptop.

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Yeah. This error
#error “XTENSA-architecture microcontrollers are not supported.”
shows that it’s the older version. You have to grab the very latest from the github repo.

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so the one from the lib manager is old?

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also using ide 1.6.9

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Yep. We haven’t OFFICIALLY released esp support yet.

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ah okay… :slight_smile: and it does compile now. it has a warning about no hardware spi. but thats it. now to load on the esp8266 and see if I like it better than the neopixel lib

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thanks a lot. checking out the demos now

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okay, now that its running, anyone have some cool demos that would be awesome to run on a 144 led ws2812B/neopixel cane? its going to be a waterproof strip in a clear acrylic tube, not sure if the handle will also have leds in it or not yet… gotta figure out how I’m gonna power it, will be driven by a esp8266 12f, may or maynot have a switch or 2. in it as well. maybe If I can figure out how to do it I might make it controllable via a cell phone via wifi, maybe… might be too much for my meager coding skills.