Using Christmas as an excuse to play with flashing lights…quick demo of my Christmas Tree Topper decoration hack. Original flashing LEDs were removed and replaced with 10 individually addressable LEDs (APA106). Using an Arduino running FastLED.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqDwm2Yk2sk
So cool because I found the same cheap star and I’m hacking it with NeoPixels for a Cheerlight display. Love it! TY for posting. 
I look forward to seeing it, it would be great if you could reply with a video clip of it running. Here’s a picture of the star on my cheerlights tree…
https://plus.google.com/photos/111754808163821738532/albums/6367217907230981745/6367217908674006274