diff --git a/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/adafruit/clue_nrf52840_zephyr/autogen_board_info.toml b/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/adafruit/clue_nrf52840_zephyr/autogen_board_info.toml
index 52fc4d7531d..c72c1eb08a4 100644
--- a/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/adafruit/clue_nrf52840_zephyr/autogen_board_info.toml
+++ b/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/adafruit/clue_nrf52840_zephyr/autogen_board_info.toml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ __future__ = true
 _bleio = true # Zephyr board has _bleio
 _eve = false
 _pew = false
-_pixelmap = false
+_pixelmap = true # Zephyr board has neopixel_write
 _stage = false
 adafruit_bus_device = true
-adafruit_pixelbuf = false
+adafruit_pixelbuf = true # Zephyr board has neopixel_write
 aesio = true
 alarm = false
 analogbufio = false
@@ -115,12 +115,13 @@ usb_audio = false
 usb_cdc = true
 usb_hid = true
 usb_host = false
+usb_host_bulk = false
 usb_midi = false
 usb_video = false
 ustack = false
 vectorio = true # Zephyr board has busio
 warnings = true
-watchdog = false
+watchdog = true # Zephyr board has watchdog
 wifi = false
 zephyr_display = true # Zephyr board has zephyr_display
 zephyr_kernel = false
diff --git a/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/adafruit/feather_nrf52840_sense_zephyr/autogen_board_info.toml b/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/adafruit/feather_nrf52840_sense_zephyr/autogen_board_info.toml
index edbb32233c9..dd56292ba6d 100644
--- a/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/adafruit/feather_nrf52840_sense_zephyr/autogen_board_info.toml
+++ b/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/adafruit/feather_nrf52840_sense_zephyr/autogen_board_info.toml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ __future__ = true
 _bleio = true # Zephyr board has _bleio
 _eve = false
 _pew = false
-_pixelmap = false
+_pixelmap = true # Zephyr board has neopixel_write
 _stage = false
 adafruit_bus_device = true
-adafruit_pixelbuf = false
+adafruit_pixelbuf = true # Zephyr board has neopixel_write
 aesio = true
 alarm = false
 analogbufio = false
@@ -115,12 +115,13 @@ usb_audio = false
 usb_cdc = true
 usb_hid = true
 usb_host = false
+usb_host_bulk = false
 usb_midi = false
 usb_video = false
 ustack = false
 vectorio = true # Zephyr board has busio
 warnings = true
-watchdog = false
+watchdog = true # Zephyr board has watchdog
 wifi = false
 zephyr_display = false
 zephyr_kernel = false
diff --git a/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/adafruit/feather_nrf52840_zephyr/autogen_board_info.toml b/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/adafruit/feather_nrf52840_zephyr/autogen_board_info.toml
index 3d72e30d892..f96834d3040 100644
--- a/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/adafruit/feather_nrf52840_zephyr/autogen_board_info.toml
+++ b/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/adafruit/feather_nrf52840_zephyr/autogen_board_info.toml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ __future__ = true
 _bleio = true # Zephyr board has _bleio
 _eve = false
 _pew = false
-_pixelmap = false
+_pixelmap = true # Zephyr board has neopixel_write
 _stage = false
 adafruit_bus_device = true
-adafruit_pixelbuf = false
+adafruit_pixelbuf = true # Zephyr board has neopixel_write
 aesio = true
 alarm = false
 analogbufio = false
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ usb_audio = false
 usb_cdc = true
 usb_hid = true
 usb_host = false
+usb_host_bulk = false
 usb_midi = false
 usb_video = false
 ustack = false
diff --git a/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/nordic/nrf5340dk/autogen_board_info.toml b/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/nordic/nrf5340dk/autogen_board_info.toml
index 8df24f2e0b6..70a9c002eb0 100644
--- a/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/nordic/nrf5340dk/autogen_board_info.toml
+++ b/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/nordic/nrf5340dk/autogen_board_info.toml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ __future__ = true
 _bleio = true # Zephyr board has _bleio
 _eve = false
 _pew = false
-_pixelmap = false
+_pixelmap = true # Zephyr board has neopixel_write
 _stage = false
 adafruit_bus_device = true
-adafruit_pixelbuf = false
+adafruit_pixelbuf = true # Zephyr board has neopixel_write
 aesio = true
 alarm = false
 analogbufio = false
@@ -115,12 +115,13 @@ usb_audio = false
 usb_cdc = true
 usb_hid = true
 usb_host = false
+usb_host_bulk = false
 usb_midi = false
 usb_video = false
 ustack = false
 vectorio = true # Zephyr board has busio
 warnings = true
-watchdog = false
+watchdog = true # Zephyr board has watchdog
 wifi = false
 zephyr_display = false
 zephyr_kernel = false
diff --git a/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/nordic/nrf54l15dk/autogen_board_info.toml b/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/nordic/nrf54l15dk/autogen_board_info.toml
index 214981af521..7021e6615ca 100644
--- a/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/nordic/nrf54l15dk/autogen_board_info.toml
+++ b/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/nordic/nrf54l15dk/autogen_board_info.toml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ __future__ = true
 _bleio = true # Zephyr board has _bleio
 _eve = false
 _pew = false
-_pixelmap = false
+_pixelmap = true # Zephyr board has neopixel_write
 _stage = false
 adafruit_bus_device = true
-adafruit_pixelbuf = false
+adafruit_pixelbuf = true # Zephyr board has neopixel_write
 aesio = true
 alarm = false
 analogbufio = false
@@ -115,12 +115,13 @@ usb_audio = false
 usb_cdc = false
 usb_hid = false
 usb_host = false
+usb_host_bulk = false
 usb_midi = false
 usb_video = false
 ustack = false
 vectorio = true # Zephyr board has busio
 warnings = true
-watchdog = false
+watchdog = true # Zephyr board has watchdog
 wifi = false
 zephyr_display = false
 zephyr_kernel = false
diff --git a/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/nordic/nrf54lm20dk/autogen_board_info.toml b/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/nordic/nrf54lm20dk/autogen_board_info.toml
index 59337c53a90..9a770e1ee39 100644
--- a/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/nordic/nrf54lm20dk/autogen_board_info.toml
+++ b/ports/zephyr-cp/boards/nordic/nrf54lm20dk/autogen_board_info.toml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ __future__ = true
 _bleio = true # Zephyr board has _bleio
 _eve = false
 _pew = false
-_pixelmap = false
+_pixelmap = true # Zephyr board has neopixel_write
 _stage = false
 adafruit_bus_device = true
-adafruit_pixelbuf = false
+adafruit_pixelbuf = true # Zephyr board has neopixel_write
 aesio = true
 alarm = false
 analogbufio = false
@@ -115,12 +115,13 @@ usb_audio = false
 usb_cdc = true
 usb_hid = true
 usb_host = false
+usb_host_bulk = false
 usb_midi = false
 usb_video = false
 ustack = false
 vectorio = true # Zephyr board has busio
 warnings = true
-watchdog = false
+watchdog = true # Zephyr board has watchdog
 wifi = false
 zephyr_display = false
 zephyr_kernel = false
diff --git a/ports/zephyr-cp/cptools/build_circuitpython.py b/ports/zephyr-cp/cptools/build_circuitpython.py
index 90e36d6c310..74d3eed9368 100644
--- a/ports/zephyr-cp/cptools/build_circuitpython.py
+++ b/ports/zephyr-cp/cptools/build_circuitpython.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
     "busio": ["fourwire", "i2cdisplaybus", "sdcardio", "sharpdisplay"],
     "fourwire": ["displayio", "busdisplay", "epaperdisplay"],
     "i2cdisplaybus": ["displayio", "busdisplay", "epaperdisplay"],
+    "neopixel_write": ["adafruit_pixelbuf", "_pixelmap"],
     # Zephyr display backends need displayio and, by extension, terminalio so
     # the REPL console appears on the display by default.
     "zephyr_display": ["displayio"],
diff --git a/shared-bindings/_pixelmap/PixelMap.c b/shared-bindings/_pixelmap/PixelMap.c
index 9e3b9bb0a8d..913603dc3b9 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/_pixelmap/PixelMap.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/_pixelmap/PixelMap.c
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 static mp_obj_t pixelmap_pixelmap_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_args, size_t n_kw, const mp_obj_t *all_args) {
     enum { ARG_pixelbuf, ARG_indices };
     static const mp_arg_t allowed_args[] = {
-        { MP_QSTR_pixelbuf, MP_ARG_REQUIRED },
-        { MP_QSTR_indices, MP_ARG_REQUIRED },
+        { MP_QSTR_pixelbuf, MP_ARG_OBJ | MP_ARG_REQUIRED },
+        { MP_QSTR_indices, MP_ARG_OBJ | MP_ARG_REQUIRED },
     };
 
     mp_arg_val_t args[MP_ARRAY_SIZE(allowed_args)];