kind | lesson |
symptom | The 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. |
hw | circuitplayground-express, samd21, neopixel, als-pt19 |
sw | circuitpython, neopixel, analogio |
host | linux, aarch64 |
intent | Estimate the data rate of an optical channel between addressable pixels and a light sensor on the same board |
project | hidden |
date | 2026-08-20 |
status | working |
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