Here is a light show I have been working on https://youtu.be/I_v9kGPvFb0

Kyle_bostick · September 11, 2018, 2:26am

Here is a light show I have been working on

marmil · September 11, 2018, 3:18am

That reminded me that it’s almost Halloween!

Christopher_Kirkman1 · September 11, 2018, 5:56am

Green, orange and purple. Why didn’t I think of that? Seriously, I was struggling last year to come up with a color combo cuz black and orange is just orange dashes and isn’t very interesting. I had orange and green and people asked why my christmas lights were up.

Yves_BAZIN · September 11, 2018, 6:08am

@Kyle_bostick that is what I call taking Halloween seriously !!! Great job

marmil · September 11, 2018, 6:27am

Is the strobing done with code? If so I was thinking you could play with that some more. Maybe first cut the visual brightness in half. That will allow you to occasionally quickly pop the brightness much brighter for a nice effect.
Other stuff you could try there: Maybe an effect of a slightly flickering light that’s Browning out. Or have it “breath”. Or a heart beat effect.
FastLED_examples/breath_effect_v2.ino at master · marmilicious/FastLED_examples · GitHub

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marmilicious/FastLED_examples/blob/master/heart_pulse_blood_flowing.ino

//***************************************************************
// Heart pulse, blood flowing example
// 
// Marc Miller, Jan 2016
//***************************************************************
#include "FastLED.h"
#define LED_TYPE LPD8806
#define DATA_PIN 11
#define CLOCK_PIN 13
#define NUM_LEDS 32
#define COLOR_ORDER GRB
CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];
#define BRIGHTNESS  255


uint8_t bloodHue = 96;  // Blood color [hue from 0-255]
uint8_t bloodSat = 255;  // Blood staturation [0-255]
int flowDirection = -1;   // Use either 1 or -1 to set flow direction
uint16_t cycleLength = 1500;  // Lover values = continuous flow, higher values = distinct pulses.
uint16_t pulseLength = 150;  // How long the pulse takes to fade out.  Higher value is longer.

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marmilicious/FastLED_examples/blob/master/breath_effect_v2.ino

//***************************************************************
// Breathing effect
// Color shifts from hueA to hueB as it pulses.
//
// Set A and B to the same hue if you don't want the color to
// change.  Saturation for the high and low can also be set.
//
// Marc Miller, 2015
// Updated Aug 2020 - removed delay, added dim8_video
//***************************************************************

#include "FastLED.h"
#define LED_TYPE    WS2811  //WS2811, WS2812, WS2812B
#define COLOR_ORDER RGB
#define DATA_PIN 11 
#define NUM_LEDS 25
#define BRIGHTNESS 255
CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];

static float pulseSpeed = 0.5;  // Larger value gives faster pulse.

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Kyle_bostick · September 11, 2018, 1:52pm

@marmil yes the strobe is done with code, @Chris_Parton helped me make it. I am not good enough to understand how I would lower the brightness and add an increase it in a pop. I will check out your code examples, thanks for sharing them!