What would be the best course of action to mirror my animations onto 6

Party_Pods_PartyPods · August 8, 2017, 4:42pm

What would be the best course of action to mirror my animations onto 6 separate matrices? Just trying to copy the animations in sync across all units.

150 LEDS each Matrix, total of 900 LEDS total.

I am going through the “Multiple Controllers” FastLED wiki… would I somehow substitute # of LEDS to a specified matrix setup instead of "# of LEDS per strip as the example shows?

Thanks!

marmil · August 8, 2017, 5:54pm

If it’s setup as one large continuous string then something like this could work:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/marmilicious/363b4e1eaccaf14fd09a754d76aed0f2

copy_and_mirror_data.ino


const uint8_t ppm = 150;  //pixels per matrix


//You can do something like this to simply copy the data to the other matrices as the first matrix is filled in.

for (uint16_t i=0; i<ppm; i++) {
  leds[i] = CHSV(random8(),255,255);

  // copy to other matrices

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Party_Pods_PartyPods · August 8, 2017, 6:59pm

@marmil I am very grateful for your help!

I will try that out after this current way I am trying (to little success so far).

Current:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/gravityoverdivinity/1350d8c597389670a6c30ef8da2f367f

gistfile1.txt

#define LED_PIN  5

#define NUM_LEDS_PER_STRIP 150


// RGB Shades color order (Green/Red/Blue)
#define COLOR_ORDER GRB
#define CHIPSET     WS2812B

// Global maximum brightness value, maximum 255

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I am getting an odd cross talk, or some interference only on very certain bits. I might need to run new power and re-check.