Process

Using the neopixel strip required some soldering, and I  soldered 4 wires to the input pads. I also crimped male jumper pins onto the wires and slipped them into a 4 slot connector housing. The neopixels were very easy to interface with using the neopixel library, and an IFTTT account had to be made to add Google Calendar Integration and trigger a Particle function with a webhook. While IFTTT was simple to set up, actually verifying that calendar events were triggering properly could be difficult to tell at times until you realize that there is massive inconsistent delay for triggers set to go off 15min before an event, but that the platform will always give a near instant update on the applet activity page so you can tell at exactly what time the trigger went off.