Does anyone here sell already programmed Arduinos. With many patterns on it. I have lights around a business and I need patterns.
You actually arent allowed to resell arduinos… I’ve got an LED box in working on which has around 100 patterns… I can share the code if you’d like.
@Mr_Happy … why couldn’t you resell Arduinos !? They are open source HW.
I think everybody in China has a business selling Arduino clones and that is totally legal.
It does not make much sense to me to purchase something that you can easily get for free !!
Most here will be happy to give you some free sketches that you can load yourself onto any Arduino. Of course, it would imply a minimum of effort on your part.
@Mr_Happy I’d like to see the code. How’d you get 100 patterns and how to they cycle?
Thank you very much guys, but I’m a super rookie when it comes to Arduino, Code, and wiring the Arduino with my led strips and power source.
I have around 18 meters of apa102 led strips. They are 60 leds in each meter. I understand there is a limit to the pixels on each controller, but I don’t know the limits on the Arduino, if it has any limits. I am going around the windows of a store front. I liked the idea of a controller with 133 preset patterns. But it seems that there isn’t a good controller to support these apa102s. But all I do hear about is the Arduino. It’s just that I am a rookie when it comes to that. And I want to complete my first project successfully on this store front. So it would be my model sample. That way I could start doing more for other stores for income. I would love to see this first store project work that way everyone around would want their business done as well. So again I would love to pay someone to have a controller to run these LEDs with preset paterns on the controller or Arduino you setup. And if it works out fine, I would like to keep future business going. Thanks again to all of you who are helping me already with this discussion.
Honestly @D11111 , the sketches or animations are probably the least of your problems. Don’t be too caught-up with having 133 patterns, you really only need a few really nice patterns to make this work. More patterns can always be added later.
Professional assembly and solid power distribution are in my humble opinion the more complicated and costly part of this whole endeavor a part from the strips themselves.
Please do not let my comments stop you if you are really motivated to do this as I think it is definitely possible.
@JP_Roy You’re bang on with the comment about the assembly and power. I meticulously solder and heat shrink every connection and provide strain relief where it’s needed.
Someone could release a program, those are free and easy to download to the Arduino… why do you need one that already has a pattern? They can only store one at a time anyway.