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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.
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esp32-fastled-webserver
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FastLED reviews and mentions
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We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-10.
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Guru Meditation Error if more than 2 Pins/ 2 controller are used with filehandling
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
- High Bit Depth Gamma Correction Algorithm for APA102/Dotstar LEDs
- 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] ?
- Frames getting stuck with ESP32 and 16 by 16 LED Matrix
- changing brightness of the individual led's?
- Arduino Due SPI to control LED strip(s)
- Powering 300 LEDs w/ battery
- led_sysdefs_avr.h error
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Multiple RGB outputs
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.
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