X-Git-Url: https://git.ayoreis.com/Adafruit_Blinka-hackapet.git/blobdiff_plain/bd1cf311287b09fb67648d4f112ec374757b70ef..c2bc4a90827f28abb6b51eae659a1f80a65c0497:/src/adafruit_blinka/microcontroller/bcm283x/neopixel.py

diff --git a/src/adafruit_blinka/microcontroller/bcm283x/neopixel.py b/src/adafruit_blinka/microcontroller/bcm283x/neopixel.py
index 1753419..c743220 100644
--- a/src/adafruit_blinka/microcontroller/bcm283x/neopixel.py
+++ b/src/adafruit_blinka/microcontroller/bcm283x/neopixel.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Melissa LeBlanc-Williams for Adafruit Industries
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 """BCM283x NeoPixel Driver Class"""
 import time
 import atexit
@@ -16,15 +19,15 @@ LED_STRIP = None  # We manage the color order within the neopixel library
 # a 'static' object that we will use to manage our PWM DMA channel
 # we only support one LED strip per raspi
 _led_strip = None
-_buf_len = None
+_buf = None
 
 
 def neopixel_write(gpio, buf):
     """NeoPixel Writing Function"""
     global _led_strip  # we'll have one strip we init if its not at first
-    global _buf_len # we save the length of the buf, and if it changes we will cleanup and re-initalize.
+    global _buf  # we save a reference to the buf, and if it changes we will cleanup and re-init.
 
-    if _led_strip is None or _buf_len != len(buf):
+    if _led_strip is None or buf is not _buf:
         # This is safe to call since it doesn't do anything if _led_strip is None
         neopixel_cleanup()
 
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@ def neopixel_write(gpio, buf):
         # need to be careful that you delete its memory by calling
         # delete_ws2811_t when it's not needed.
         _led_strip = ws.new_ws2811_t()
-        _buf_len = len(buf)
+        _buf = buf
 
         # Initialize all channels to off
         for channum in range(2):