Then I take back the idiot part. And they are fun and interesting. But how doesn't that kill you for using it on a breadboard? It has to make it harder to interface it even on a custom made PCB because it's harder to verify its right before sending it off to be manufactured too. What is the point?
I really like the hexagonal shape, it tessellates quite nicely, you can make a honeycomb pattern. There are some interesting 3D polygons that you could make with a hexagon. Pentagonal would be real nice for 3D geometric shapes also.
I have a Favor, because I am new to all this and I got a lot to learn. Any way you could post or PM me some more Example code. Or explain in a dumbed down version on the code that is in the Doc.
I got some of it figured out. I can make all three LED's blink on and off and dim. But thats all.
The plan was to use them with cables and mount them on objects, rather than plug them into a breadboard or solder them into a PCB. Therefore the angled headers seemed less of a problem. We never did a redesign, but making the headers parallel was definitely on the to-do list.
I think the hexagon is better for the sort of things I can imagine doing with them, eg. Arranging them in patterns on walls/ceilings, putting them inside circular light fittings, attaching them to other stuff.
(Trying to connect several of them together on a breadboard isn't anywhere on my list)