# Adafruit QT Py and NeoPixel LEDs
## Overview
The QT Py is a tiny little development board capable of big things. Big things are great, but LEDs are the best. QT Py plus LEDs is even better! This guide will help you get started using NeoPixel LEDs with your QT Py and QT Py Haxpress (A QT Py with a soldered-on flash chip). You'll learn how to wire up the board and LEDs, and how to get the software set up.
For the QT Py, you'll be provided with an example that includes some simple animations, such as blink and chase, with basic customisations so you can modify them to fit your needs.
If you've soldered up a QT Py Haxpress, you have the option to use it with the CircuitPython LED Animation library. This guide includes a page on how to use the LED Animation library with your QT Py Haxpress, with three examples to get you started, as well as links to details and more animations.
Let's get blinking!
## Parts
### Adafruit QT Py - SAMD21 Dev Board with STEMMA QT
[Adafruit QT Py - SAMD21 Dev Board with STEMMA QT](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4600)
What a cutie pie! Or is it... a QT Py? This diminutive dev board comes with our favorite lil chip, the SAMD21 (as made famous in our GEMMA M0 and Trinket M0 boards).
This time it comes with [our favorite connector - the STEMMA QT](http://adafruit.com/stemma), a chainable I2C...
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### Adafruit NeoPixel LED Strip with 3-pin JST PH 2mm Connector
[Adafruit NeoPixel LED Strip with 3-pin JST PH 2mm Connector](https://www.adafruit.com/product/3919)
Plug in and glow, this **Adafruit NeoPixel LED Strip with JST PH Connector** has **30 total LEDs** in a **"60 LED per meter" spacing** , and is 0.5 meters long, in classy Adafruit Black. Its not too long, but has lots of glowing action.
In Stock
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### Tiny Premium Breadboard
[Tiny Premium Breadboard](https://www.adafruit.com/product/65)
This is a tiny little breadboard... half the size of a half-size breadboard!
**As of Sep 8, 2022** - This Tiny breadboard has been updated to make plugging and un-plugging boards and headers a buttery-smooth operation. Updated design also includes a metal...
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### Premium Silicone Covered Male-Male Jumper Wires - 200mm x 40
[Premium Silicone Covered Male-Male Jumper Wires - 200mm x 40](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4482)
These premium male-male jumper wires are handy for making wire harnesses or jumpering between headers on PCBs. They're 200mm (~7.8") long and come loose as a pack of 40 (10 pieces of red, blue, yellow, and Adafruit black). They have 0.1" male header contacts on...
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### USB C to USB C Cable - USB 3.1 Gen 4 with E-Mark - 6" long
[USB C to USB C Cable - USB 3.1 Gen 4 with E-Mark - 6" long](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4198)
As technology changes and adapts, so does Adafruit! Rather than the regular USB A, this cable has **USB C to USB C** plugs!
USB C is the latest industry-standard connector for transmitting data _and_ power. Like Lightning and MagSafe cables, USB C...
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### USB C to USB C Cable - USB 3.1 Gen 4 with E-Mark - 1 meter long
[USB C to USB C Cable - USB 3.1 Gen 4 with E-Mark - 1 meter long](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4199)
As technology changes and adapts, so does Adafruit! Rather than the regular USB A, this cable has **USB C to USB C** plugs!
USB C is the latest industry-standard connector for transmitting data _and_ power. Like Lightning and MagSafe cables, USB C...
In Stock
[Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4199)
[Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4199/guides)
### USB Type A to Type C Cable - 6" long
[USB Type A to Type C Cable - 6" long](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4472)
As technology changes and adapts, so does Adafruit. This **USB Type A to Type C** cable will help you with the transition to USB C, even if you're still totin' around a USB Type A hub, computer or laptop.
USB C is the latest industry-standard connector for...
In Stock
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### USB Type A to Type C Cable - approx 1 meter / 3 ft long
[USB Type A to Type C Cable - approx 1 meter / 3 ft long](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4474)
As technology changes and adapts, so does Adafruit. This **USB Type A to Type C** cable will help you with the transition to USB C, even if you're still totin' around a USB Type A hub, computer or laptop.
USB C is the latest industry-standard connector for...
In Stock
[Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4474)
[Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4474/guides)
- [Next Page](https://learn.adafruit.com/qt-py-and-neopixel-leds/qt-py-neopixel-wiring.md)
## Featured Products
### Adafruit QT Py - SAMD21 Dev Board with STEMMA QT
[Adafruit QT Py - SAMD21 Dev Board with STEMMA QT](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4600)
What a cutie pie! Or is it... a QT Py? This diminutive dev board comes with our favorite lil chip, the SAMD21 (as made famous in our GEMMA M0 and Trinket M0 boards).
This time it comes with [our favorite connector - the STEMMA QT](http://adafruit.com/stemma), a chainable I2C...
In Stock
[Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4600)
[Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4600/guides)
### Adafruit NeoPixel LED Strip with 3-pin JST PH 2mm Connector
[Adafruit NeoPixel LED Strip with 3-pin JST PH 2mm Connector](https://www.adafruit.com/product/3919)
Plug in and glow, this **Adafruit NeoPixel LED Strip with JST PH Connector** has **30 total LEDs** in a **"60 LED per meter" spacing** , and is 0.5 meters long, in classy Adafruit Black. Its not too long, but has lots of glowing action.
In Stock
[Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/3919)
[Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/3919/guides)
### Tiny Premium Breadboard
[Tiny Premium Breadboard](https://www.adafruit.com/product/65)
This is a tiny little breadboard... half the size of a half-size breadboard!
**As of Sep 8, 2022** - This Tiny breadboard has been updated to make plugging and un-plugging boards and headers a buttery-smooth operation. Updated design also includes a metal...
In Stock
[Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/65)
[Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/65/guides)
### Premium Silicone Covered Male-Male Jumper Wires - 200mm x 40
[Premium Silicone Covered Male-Male Jumper Wires - 200mm x 40](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4482)
These premium male-male jumper wires are handy for making wire harnesses or jumpering between headers on PCBs. They're 200mm (~7.8") long and come loose as a pack of 40 (10 pieces of red, blue, yellow, and Adafruit black). They have 0.1" male header contacts on...
In Stock
[Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4482)
[Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4482/guides)
### USB C to USB C Cable - USB 3.1 Gen 4 with E-Mark - 6" long
[USB C to USB C Cable - USB 3.1 Gen 4 with E-Mark - 6" long](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4198)
As technology changes and adapts, so does Adafruit! Rather than the regular USB A, this cable has **USB C to USB C** plugs!
USB C is the latest industry-standard connector for transmitting data _and_ power. Like Lightning and MagSafe cables, USB C...
In Stock
[Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4198)
[Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4198/guides)
### USB C to USB C Cable - USB 3.1 Gen 4 with E-Mark - 1 meter long
[USB C to USB C Cable - USB 3.1 Gen 4 with E-Mark - 1 meter long](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4199)
As technology changes and adapts, so does Adafruit! Rather than the regular USB A, this cable has **USB C to USB C** plugs!
USB C is the latest industry-standard connector for transmitting data _and_ power. Like Lightning and MagSafe cables, USB C...
In Stock
[Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4199)
[Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4199/guides)
### USB Type A to Type C Cable - 6" long
[USB Type A to Type C Cable - 6" long](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4472)
As technology changes and adapts, so does Adafruit. This **USB Type A to Type C** cable will help you with the transition to USB C, even if you're still totin' around a USB Type A hub, computer or laptop.
USB C is the latest industry-standard connector for...
In Stock
[Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4472)
[Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4472/guides)
### USB Type A to Type C Cable - approx 1 meter / 3 ft long
[USB Type A to Type C Cable - approx 1 meter / 3 ft long](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4474)
As technology changes and adapts, so does Adafruit. This **USB Type A to Type C** cable will help you with the transition to USB C, even if you're still totin' around a USB Type A hub, computer or laptop.
USB C is the latest industry-standard connector for...
In Stock
[Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4474)
[Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4474/guides)
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