Each stick is a meter long with a built in Arduino Nano driving 2

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Each stick is a meter long with a built in Arduino Nano driving 2 strips of WS2812 x60.
Communication is achieved wirelessly via NRF24L01.
This effect is obviously sound to light but there are many more stored effects that can be called up via an app I have made for my mobile phone.
I now have a total of 10 of these sticks which are great for parties or a backdrop on a stage.

Thanks for looking, Richard

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That’s amazing. Are you going to put up a post giving details?

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Thanks, I will try and put something together.

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@Richard_Everitt are you using MSGEQ7 or mics?

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@Juergen_Bruegl Hi Juergen. Both actually, a mic with a pre amp that is then feed into a MSGEQ7.
This is then read by the base station and then transmitted via a NRF24L01 to all of the light sticks.
Each light stick uses the same code but has its own hard wired address so it knows which data to pick out and display.
Along with the sound data I send colour options, brightness, speed and effect number.
So far I have managed to pack in about 25 effects + options into the small memory.
The only cable that plugs into the light stick is the 5v power.

Thanks for your interest.

Regards
Richard

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@Richard_Everitt chapeau ! On my ESP based experiments I’m always struggling with delays and
sending sound based data was out of question.
Can you share the effects?
Best
Juergen

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I would love to see some code for that. As @Juergen_Bruegl said, the timing and delay problems are complex and I wonder how @Richard_Everitt solved that issue.

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@Indyaner_Jones Hi No Secrets PM me richard.everitt@virgin.net and I will share the method and code. Just got lucky I suppose with the direction I took.

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@Ronan_Cantwell hi thanks and sure just pm me

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@Ronan_Cantwell I don’t know how to share my work unless you email me