Quick! Point me to the best Christmas themed patterns for a strip of 50 lights!
Going to a Stranger Things themed Halloween party tonight. I’m going to be Chief Hopper, and my wife as Joyce Beyers. I’m making her a battery powered string of Christmas lights to carry around (WS2812).
I’m planning to make some glitchy effects to layer on top, too.
@marmil Yep, that’s where I’m starting from, especially due to the time constraint. I had meant to start sooner, but I just didn’t have the free time until last night!
[Edit] Oops, I didn’t notice at first that this is not the standards FastLED DemoReel! Thanks for the pointer!
Okay, my wife wound up not using my light string for the party, darnit. But she had good reasons, so I can’t complain — she didn’t want to have to carry around the battery pack & controller (on a small breadboard, both tucked into a drawstring pouch). Her outfit didn’t have any pockets that they would fit in, and she wanted her hands free for food and beer! Instead, she wore a store-bought necklace with C-9 style lights that had a few simple blink patterns.
I did whip up a really quick-n-dirty glitch effect. Maybe I’ll put up a quick video and code sample later.
I’m hoping to do a little more coding on it later, and maybe she’ll be willing to use it on Halloween night when we take the kids out trick-or-treating.