Unicorn pHAT HD and NeoPixel Strip

@chris wrote:

Hi, I am working on a project where I want to use the Unicorn pHAT HD with a strip of Neopixels. I can get both working fine independently, but I would like to use both at the same time. In my program I will turn the neopixels on then create another thread to turn the Unicorn pHAT HD on at the same time.

However I receive the following error:

Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 810, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 763, in run
    self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "threadTest.py", line 50, in hat
    draw_animation(img)
  File "threadTest.py", line 74, in draw_animation
    unicorn.show()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/unicornhathd/__init__.py", line 127, in show
    _spi.xfer2([_SOF] + (numpy.rot90(_buf,_rotation).reshape(768) * _brightness).astype(numpy.uint8).tolist())
IOError: [Errno 110] Connection timed out

Is there any technical reason why I couldn’t run both at the same time?

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