Here’s what could be a game-changer in the land of blinkies. Tony from North-West USA has taken the work of an Adafruit forum user, adapted it slightly and is now driving Neopixels natively from the Pi. It uses the Raspberry Pi’s PWM pin (number 18) and a non-inverted hex buffer chip. He’s the first person in the hangout to present and it starts around 0:37.