AliExpress Store WS2811 recognizes FastSPI for Arduino users...I found this on the LPD8808 strips.

AliExpress Store WS2811 recognizes FastSPI for Arduino users…I found this on the LPD8808 strips. @Daniel_Garcia @Mark_Kriegsman , you guys must feel good about getting shout-outs from overseas!

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/330721

What’s interesting is this bit in the description of their WS2811 product:

“The Arduino FastSPI library should support these as well (google: fastspi) as long as you select the TM1804 chip as your target.”

Source : http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/5M-WS2811-RGB-LED-strip-32-LEDs-m-Waterproof-Individually-Addressable-Color/330721_1544985055.html

I love translations between languages and cultures.

I’m curious what version of the library they’re referring to. I recently redid all the timings as well as the code to shift timings to be more in line with the data sheets, but they may not be aware of that.

I have one more re-write to do of the arm and (non-attiny) avr clock less code, but that’s going to be post-this release, as it’s a pretty major rewrite. The good thing is, doing the attiny avr code helped me work out some of the issues that i’ll need to tackle w/arm and (non-attiny) avr.

Speaking of, @Daniel_Garcia did you ever go back to the tiny84? While I switched to a Mega (for other reasons), I think the tiny84 is still a viable option for those wanting more pins compared to the tiny85.

I haven’t yet - mostly because I don’t have any tiny84’s yet, and also because mark and I really want to push this thing out so that we can actually get moving on the next set of features (i’ve been guilty of a steady stream of “oh, just one more thing, then we’ll call this version golden” :slight_smile:

Once the library/new site is launched, I think i’m going to start doing far more frequent feature releases for the next set of relatively minor things (new led chipset support, new avr/arm/arduino variant platform support) - and get those out the door often, and quickly, and do that in parallel while mark and I tackle some of the next Big Feature[tm] type things (16bit RGB/HSV support, container objects to make managing leds easier, more performance things, better parallel output, etc… etc… etc…)

oh! I bet they’re working from an older version of the library - where I had TM1804 support, but not yet WS2811 support…

I also sent them an update re: the library…