A quick THANKS!
After weeks of preliminary work, I finally got the first few scratch-built LED strips on the outside of my house and it’s starting to look awesome!
There’s still quite a bit of work to be done (and I’ll post photos/videos at some point) but I had to take a moment to say thanks to everyone who’s offered advice and answered my many questions. My progress to date would not have been possible without FastLED and the FastLED community.