diff --git a/Adafruit_NeoPixel.cpp b/Adafruit_NeoPixel.cpp
index ba1b3def..8490d0f4 100644
--- a/Adafruit_NeoPixel.cpp
+++ b/Adafruit_NeoPixel.cpp
@@ -2177,22 +2177,56 @@ void Adafruit_NeoPixel::clear() {
   memset(pixels, 0, numBytes);
 }
 
-// This bizarre construct isn't Arduino code in the conventional sense.
-// It exploits features of GCC's preprocessor to generate a PROGMEM
-// table (in flash memory) holding an 8-bit unsigned sine wave (0-255).
-static const int _SBASE_ = __COUNTER__ + 1; // Index of 1st __COUNTER__ below
-#define _S1_ (uint8_t)((sin((__COUNTER__-_SBASE_)/128.0*M_PI)+1.0)*127.5+0.5),
-#define _S2_ _S1_ _S1_ _S1_ _S1_ _S1_ _S1_ _S1_ _S1_ // Expands to 8 items
-#define _S3_ _S2_ _S2_ _S2_ _S2_ _S2_ _S2_ _S2_ _S2_ // Expands to 64 items
-static const uint8_t PROGMEM _sineTable[] = { _S3_ _S3_ _S3_ _S3_ }; // 256
- 
-// Similar to above, but for an 8-bit gamma-correction table.
-#define _GAMMA_ 2.6
-static const int _GBASE_ = __COUNTER__ + 1; // Index of 1st __COUNTER__ below
-#define _G1_ (uint8_t)(pow((__COUNTER__-_GBASE_)/255.0,_GAMMA_)*255.0+0.5),
-#define _G2_ _G1_ _G1_ _G1_ _G1_ _G1_ _G1_ _G1_ _G1_ // Expands to 8 items
-#define _G3_ _G2_ _G2_ _G2_ _G2_ _G2_ _G2_ _G2_ _G2_ // Expands to 64 items
-static const uint8_t PROGMEM _gammaTable[] = { _G3_ _G3_ _G3_ _G3_ }; // 256
+/* A PROGMEM (flash mem) table containing 8-bit unsigned sine wave (0-255).
+   Copy & paste this snippet into a Python REPL to regenerate:
+import math
+for x in range(256):
+    print("{:3},".format(int((math.sin(x/128.0*math.pi)+1.0)*127.5+0.5))),
+    if x&15 == 15: print
+*/
+static const uint8_t PROGMEM _sineTable[256] = {
+  128,131,134,137,140,143,146,149,152,155,158,162,165,167,170,173,
+  176,179,182,185,188,190,193,196,198,201,203,206,208,211,213,215,
+  218,220,222,224,226,228,230,232,234,235,237,238,240,241,243,244,
+  245,246,248,249,250,250,251,252,253,253,254,254,254,255,255,255,
+  255,255,255,255,254,254,254,253,253,252,251,250,250,249,248,246,
+  245,244,243,241,240,238,237,235,234,232,230,228,226,224,222,220,
+  218,215,213,211,208,206,203,201,198,196,193,190,188,185,182,179,
+  176,173,170,167,165,162,158,155,152,149,146,143,140,137,134,131,
+  128,124,121,118,115,112,109,106,103,100, 97, 93, 90, 88, 85, 82,
+   79, 76, 73, 70, 67, 65, 62, 59, 57, 54, 52, 49, 47, 44, 42, 40,
+   37, 35, 33, 31, 29, 27, 25, 23, 21, 20, 18, 17, 15, 14, 12, 11,
+   10,  9,  7,  6,  5,  5,  4,  3,  2,  2,  1,  1,  1,  0,  0,  0,
+    0,  0,  0,  0,  1,  1,  1,  2,  2,  3,  4,  5,  5,  6,  7,  9,
+   10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35,
+   37, 40, 42, 44, 47, 49, 52, 54, 57, 59, 62, 65, 67, 70, 73, 76,
+   79, 82, 85, 88, 90, 93, 97,100,103,106,109,112,115,118,121,124};
+
+/* Similar to above, but for an 8-bit gamma-correction table.
+   Copy & paste this snippet into a Python REPL to regenerate:
+import math
+gamma=2.6
+for x in range(256):
+    print("{:3},".format(int(math.pow((x)/255.0,gamma)*255.0+0.5))),
+    if x&15 == 15: print
+*/
+static const uint8_t PROGMEM _gammaTable[256] = {
+    0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,
+    0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,
+    1,  1,  1,  1,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  3,  3,  3,  3,
+    3,  3,  4,  4,  4,  4,  5,  5,  5,  5,  5,  6,  6,  6,  6,  7,
+    7,  7,  8,  8,  8,  9,  9,  9, 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 12, 12,
+   13, 13, 13, 14, 14, 15, 15, 16, 16, 17, 17, 18, 18, 19, 19, 20,
+   20, 21, 21, 22, 22, 23, 24, 24, 25, 25, 26, 27, 27, 28, 29, 29,
+   30, 31, 31, 32, 33, 34, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42,
+   42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57,
+   58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75,
+   76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 96,
+   97, 99,100,102,103,105,106,108,109,111,112,114,115,117,119,120,
+  122,124,125,127,129,130,132,134,136,137,139,141,143,145,146,148,
+  150,152,154,156,158,160,162,164,166,168,170,172,174,176,178,180,
+  182,184,186,188,191,193,195,197,199,202,204,206,209,211,213,215,
+  218,220,223,225,227,230,232,235,237,240,242,245,247,250,252,255};
 
 uint8_t Adafruit_NeoPixel::sine8(uint8_t x) const {
   return pgm_read_byte(&_sineTable[x]); // 0-255 in, 0-255 out
diff --git a/library.properties b/library.properties
index 0c7362d4..c09be615 100644
--- a/library.properties
+++ b/library.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name=Adafruit NeoPixel
-version=1.1.5
+version=1.1.6
 author=Adafruit
 maintainer=Adafruit <info@adafruit.com>
 sentence=Arduino library for controlling single-wire-based LED pixels and strip.