An onboard pixel to light sensor optical link runs at 259 bits per second, limited entirely by how long a pixel write takes

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symptomThe sensor is fast and the light is bright, so the channel looks like it should carry real data, and the achieved rate comes out three orders of magnitude below that expectation.
hwcircuitplayground-express, samd21, neopixel, als-pt19
swcircuitpython, neopixel, analogio
hostlinux, aarch64
intentEstimate the data rate of an optical channel between addressable pixels and a light sensor on the same board
projecthidden
date2026-08-20
statusworking

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