Mark,
Thanks for the patience and help! You are THE MAN! ColorPallete is beautiful! Can’t wait to figure out how it all works so I can take pieces and make my own sketches. I can’t even begin to understand the complex math involved.
Yes, I downloaded FastLEDtrinketscale the other night from Github from a branch off Github. Looking at the branch now, I see it is stale. Also download Dithering, Master, Power & gh-pages thinking I could try them out at my leisure. Had no idea the Arduino IDE was that sensitive to library contents!
Happy to report that every sketch in the examples folder, including the multiples folder, compiles error-free. With the exception of FirstLight:
C:\Users\bobmu_000\Documents\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr\bin\avr-g++ -c -g -Os -Wall -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -MMD -DUSB_VID=null -DUSB_PID=null -DARDUINO=105 -IC:\Users\bobmu_000\Documents\Arduino\hardware\arduino\cores\arduino -IC:\Users\bobmu_000\Documents\Arduino\hardware\arduino\variants\standard -IC:\Users\bobmu_000\Documents\Arduino\libraries\FastLED C:\Users\BOBMU_~1\AppData\Local\Temp\build6934188065814161120.tmp\FirstLight.cpp -o C:\Users\BOBMU_~1\AppData\Local\Temp\build6934188065814161120.tmp\FirstLight.cpp.o
In file included from C:\Users\bobmu_000\Documents\Arduino\libraries\FastLED/FastLED.h:17,from FirstLight.ino:6:
C:\Users\bobmu_000\Documents\Arduino\libraries\FastLED/colorutils.h:303: warning: only initialized variables can be placed into program memory area
<<Above warning repeats 7 times>>
WAIT_TIME>::showAdjTime(const uint8_t*, int, CRGB&, bool, int) [with unsigned char DATA_PIN = 23u, int T1 = 4, int T2 = 8, int T3 = 8, EOrder RGB_ORDER = RGB, int XTRA0 = 0, bool FLIP = false, int WAIT_TIME = 50]’:
C:\Users\bobmu_000\Documents\Arduino\libraries\FastLED/clockless_trinket.h:262: warning: asm operand 16 probably doesn’t match constraints
<<above warning repeats many, many times. Hummm…trinket?>>
C:\Users\bobmu_000\Documents\Arduino\libraries\FastLED/clockless_trinket.h:262: error: impossible constraint in ‘asm’
<<above warning repeats many, many times. Hummm, trinket again?>>
Now, how will I use this? We are in a subdivision in the 'burbs of Chicago. We are on a 9 acre pond along with 15 other houses. We have a large deck out in back and 7 years ago I installed white rope lighting around the perimeter of the deck in a channel I crafted under the the top handrail and put the lights on a timer. Makes for a nice down-light effect on the deck. Neighbors refer to us as “the house with the nice deck lights”. Noticed two neighbors have tried to copy what I did. Poorly. So. Wait for it. …it’s time to raise the bar. No colorful blinking lights to make the deck look like a carnival ride, the flowing rainbow colors are my main target. Looking forward to the holidays and seasonal changes for a challenge! I am going to attempt a program that sets the colors on warm white most of the time from say 7 to 11 but every 30 minutes breaks out into a subtle light show.
Thanks again for your patience in helping me along!
Bob