NodeHome vs FastLED

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By Katterton

The FastLED library for colored LED animation on Arduino. Please direct questions/requests for help to the FastLED Reddit community: http://fastled.io/r We'd like to use github "issues" just for tracking library bugs / enhancements. (by FastLED)

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NodeHome		FastLED
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1	Mentions	344
0	Stars	6,232
-	Growth	0.6%
4.6	Activity	7.4
9 days ago	Latest Commit	22 days ago
JavaScript	Language	C++
-	License	MIT License

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NodeHome

Posts with mentions or reviews of NodeHome. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-23.

Anybody build / programmed LEDs using Node?
5 projects | /r/node | 23 Jun 2022

Yeah i have an not somewhat functional project on github https://github.com/Katterton/NodeHome

FastLED

Posts with mentions or reviews of FastLED. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-10.

Guru Meditation Error if more than 2 Pins/ 2 controller are used with filehandling
1 project | /r/FastLED | 30 Oct 2023

I used the examples from here https://github.com/FastLED/FastLED/wiki/Multiple-Controller-Examples
FastLED's newest feature - HD mode for the APA102/SK9822/Dotstar LEDS
1 project | /r/FastLED | 27 Oct 2023
High Bit Depth Gamma Correction Algorithm for APA102/Dotstar LEDs
1 project | /r/FastLED | 2 Oct 2023
Is there an alternative to using two WS2811 ics to control RGBW channels [first image], and are there any adjustments needed for the current regulator circuit [second image] ?
2 projects | /r/AskElectronics | 10 Jul 2023
Frames getting stuck with ESP32 and 16 by 16 LED Matrix
1 project | /r/FastLED | 8 Jul 2023
changing brightness of the individual led's?
2 projects | /r/FastLED | 23 Jun 2023
Arduino Due SPI to control LED strip(s)
1 project | /r/FastLED | 19 Jun 2023
Powering 300 LEDs w/ battery
1 project | /r/FastLED | 18 Jun 2023
led_sysdefs_avr.h error
1 project | /r/FastLED | 12 Jun 2023
Multiple RGB outputs
1 project | /r/arduino | 7 Jun 2023

Sweet. Then pretty much any arduino or other microcontroller would take care of what you need. The strips only take one output pin plus power and ground so just about everything will work for driving them. They act like a long shift register so the single pin is all that's needed to load the full strip with whatever patterns you want regardless of the length. You just have to tell it how many LEDs there are in total is all. Check out the FastLED library. You can learn more about it there and/or install the library in the IDE by pressing "ctrl shift I" for windows or "command shift I" for mac and search for it in the upper search area and install it right there. It comes with working examples too so all you would have to do is install the library, load one of the new example sketches that came with it, and probably edit the example to change the NUM_LEDS count to match what you're working with.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing NodeHome and FastLED you can also consider the following projects:

Node RED - Low-code programming for event-driven applications

WLED - Control WS2812B and many more types of digital RGB LEDs with an ESP8266 or ESP32 over WiFi!

FastLED-esp32 - Parallel outputs for esp32

I2SClocklessLedDriver

Tasmota - Alternative firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 based devices with easy configuration using webUI, OTA updates, automation using timers or rules, expandability and entirely local control over MQTT, HTTP, Serial or KNX. Full documentation at

FastLED_NeoMatrix - Adafruit GFX compatible library for NeoPixel based Matrices using FastLED library

OctoWS2811 - Control thousands of WS2811/2812 LEDs at video refresh speeds

esp32-fastled-webserver - Work in progress ESP32 port of https://github.com/jasoncoon/esp8266-fastled-webserver

FastLED_examples - FastLED example code, tests, demos, etc

NeoPixelBus - An Arduino NeoPixel support library supporting a large variety of individually addressable LEDs. Please refer to the Wiki for more details. Please use the GitHub Discussions to ask questions as the GitHub Issues feature is used for bug tracking.

esp32-fastled-webserver - Work in progress ESP32 port of https://github.com/jasoncoon/esp8266-fastled-webserver

WS2812Serial - Non-Blocking WS2812 LED Library