diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 11d16ac..8ad9122 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3,28 +3,25 @@
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+name = "bindgen"
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+checksum = "66c0bb6167449588ff70803f4127f0684f9063097eca5016f37eb52b92c2cf36"
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+ "bitflags",
+ "cexpr",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "clang-sys",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "lazycell",
+ "peeking_take_while",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "regex",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "shlex",
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 [[package]]
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-checksum = "c4872d67bab6358e59559027aa3b9157c53d9358c51423c17554809a8858e0f8"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
+checksum = "22a9137b95ea06864e018375b72adfb7db6e6f68cfc8df5a04d00288050485ee"
 
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-checksum = "0d631822edd8b6f9f71ed5a62a55524971bd97c9b0f262756cc26323272fa248"
+checksum = "f4aedb84272dbe89af497cf81375129abda4fc0a9e7c5d317498c15cc30c0d27"
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- "async-trait",
- "bytes",
- "prost",
- "prost-build",
- "serde",
+ "nom",
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 [[package]]
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+name = "clang-sys"
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-checksum = "7fcd999463524c52659517fe2cea98493cfe485d10565e7b0fb07dbba7ad2753"
+checksum = "fe6837df1d5cba2397b835c8530f51723267e16abbf83892e9e5af4f0e5dd10a"
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- "cfg-if",
+ "glob",
  "libc",
- "wasi",
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-name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.11.2"
+name = "glob"
+version = "0.3.0"
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- "hashbrown",
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-checksum = "284f18f85651fe11e8a991b2adb42cb078325c996ed026d994719efcfca1d54b"
-dependencies = [
- "either",
-]
+checksum = "9b919933a397b79c37e33b77bb2aa3dc8eb6e165ad809e58ff75bc7db2e34574"
 
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 checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazycell"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830d08ce1d1d941e6b30645f1a0eb5643013d835ce3779a5fc208261dbe10f55"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "leds"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "candela",
+ "rs_ws281x",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -136,35 +91,26 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-name = "log"
-version = "0.4.14"
+name = "memchr"
+version = "2.4.1"
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-checksum = "51b9bbe6c47d51fc3e1a9b945965946b4c44142ab8792c50835a980d362c2710"
+checksum = "308cc39be01b73d0d18f82a0e7b2a3df85245f84af96fdddc5d202d27e47b86a"
+
+[[package]]
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+version = "5.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ffb4262d26ed83a1c0a33a38fe2bb15797329c85770da05e6b828ddb782627af"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
+ "memchr",
+ "version_check",
 ]
 
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-name = "multimap"
-version = "0.8.3"
+name = "peeking_take_while"
+version = "0.1.2"
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-checksum = "e5ce46fe64a9d73be07dcbe690a38ce1b293be448fd8ce1e6c1b8062c9f72c6a"
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-checksum = "467d164a6de56270bd7c4d070df81d07beace25012d5103ced4e9ff08d6afdb7"
-dependencies = [
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- "indexmap",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ed0cfbc8191465bed66e1718596ee0b0b35d5ee1f41c5df2189d0fe8bde535ba"
+checksum = "19b17cddbe7ec3f8bc800887bab5e717348c95ea2ca0b1bf0837fb964dc67099"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
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 ]
 
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-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e6984d2f1a23009bd270b8bb56d0926810a3d483f59c987d77969e9d8e840b2"
-dependencies = [
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- "prost-derive",
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-
-[[package]]
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-checksum = "32d3ebd75ac2679c2af3a92246639f9fcc8a442ee420719cc4fe195b98dd5fa3"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "heck",
- "itertools",
- "log",
- "multimap",
- "petgraph",
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
- "tempfile",
- "which",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "itertools",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
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-
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b518d7cdd93dab1d1122cf07fa9a60771836c668dde9d9e2a139f957f0d9f1bb"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "prost",
-]
-
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 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.10"
@@ -236,71 +131,43 @@ dependencies = [
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 [[package]]
-name = "rand"
-version = "0.8.4"
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.5.4"
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-checksum = "2e7573632e6454cf6b99d7aac4ccca54be06da05aca2ef7423d22d27d4d4bcd8"
+checksum = "d07a8629359eb56f1e2fb1652bb04212c072a87ba68546a04065d525673ac461"
 dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core",
- "rand_hc",
+ "regex-syntax",
 ]
 
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-name = "rand_chacha"
-version = "0.3.1"
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.25"
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-checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
+checksum = "f497285884f3fcff424ffc933e56d7cbca511def0c9831a7f9b5f6153e3cc89b"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rs_ws281x"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "80a0b739bc99b3d8a7a18f914045a279f0dd7e7cffe1fe9d7335f311187f16ca"
 dependencies = [
- "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core",
+ "bindgen",
+ "cc",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
 ]
 
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-name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.6.3"
+name = "rustc-hash"
+version = "1.1.0"
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-checksum = "d34f1408f55294453790c48b2f1ebbb1c5b4b7563eb1f418bcfcfdbb06ebb4e7"
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- "getrandom",
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-
-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d51e9f596de227fda2ea6c84607f5558e196eeaf43c986b724ba4fb8fdf497e7"
-dependencies = [
- "rand_core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8383f39639269cde97d255a32bdb68c047337295414940c68bdd30c2e13203ff"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "remove_dir_all"
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3acd125665422973a33ac9d3dd2df85edad0f4ae9b00dafb1a05e43a9f5ef8e7"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi",
-]
+checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
 
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-dependencies = [
- "serde_derive",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
@@ -313,6 +180,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shlex"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7fdf1b9db47230893d76faad238fd6097fd6d6a9245cd7a4d90dbd639536bbd2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.83"
@@ -324,26 +197,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tempfile"
-version = "3.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dac1c663cfc93810f88aed9b8941d48cabf856a1b111c29a40439018d870eb22"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "rand",
- "redox_syscall",
- "remove_dir_all",
- "winapi",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-version = "1.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8895849a949e7845e06bd6dc1aa51731a103c42707010a5b591c0038fb73385b"
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -351,40 +204,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-name = "wasi"
-version = "0.10.2+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
+name = "version_check"
+version = "0.9.3"
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-checksum = "fd6fbd9a79829dd1ad0cc20627bf1ed606756a7f77edff7b66b7064f9cb327c6"
-
-[[package]]
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-dependencies = [
- "either",
- "lazy_static",
- "libc",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
- "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
-
-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+checksum = "5fecdca9a5291cc2b8dcf7dc02453fee791a280f3743cb0905f8822ae463b3fe"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4b39ba3..a3c1ed0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-candela = "0.2.1"
\ No newline at end of file
+rs_ws281x = "0.4.2"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 3d1aed4..bf835aa 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ in
             rustfmt
             rls
             protobuf
+            llvm
         ];
 
         RUST_SRC_PATH= "${pkgs.rust.packages.stable.rustPlatform.rustLibSrc}";
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e36bf23..78758bf 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ pub mod util;
 use util::lights::*;
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use std::thread;
-use candela::Pixel;
-
+use rs_ws281x::RawColor;
 
 pub const LED_SIZE: usize = 450;
 
 fn main() {
-    let p: Pixel = [0, 0, 0, 0];
+    let p: RawColor = [0, 0, 0, 0];
     let lock = Arc::new(RwLock::new([p; LED_SIZE]));
     let lock_c = Arc::clone(&lock);
     thread::spawn(move || loop {
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ fn main() {
         if x == 255 {
             x = 0;   
         }
-        let color: Pixel = [x, x, x, 255];
+        let color: RawColor = [x, x, x, 255];
         let mut lights = lock.write().unwrap();
         lights[0] = color; 
         x += 1;
diff --git a/src/util/lights.rs b/src/util/lights.rs
index 0e674e5..98c8a7f 100644
--- a/src/util/lights.rs
+++ b/src/util/lights.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-use candela::Pixel;
+use rs_ws281x::RawColor;
 
-pub fn run_lights(strip: &[Pixel; crate::LED_SIZE]) {
+pub fn run_lights(strip: &[RawColor; crate::LED_SIZE]) {
     println!("Value: {:?}", strip[0]);
 }
\ No newline at end of file