Greetings,
New guy here. I’ve just begun exploring FastLED because I want to try working with the P9813 strings from Cool Neon. In the past I have done a couple of small projects using neopixels and the Adafruit libraby, but it would be nice to have one code environment that would support multiple types of LED. Any thoughts or advice on working with the P9813s?
Thanks, and this community looks like a great resource.
Are you in Oakland?
I’ve seen the strings at Cool Neon and they look like a nice, solderless system. Only downside is I think they are way too expensive. I’m a big fan of Arduino Nano + DC12V WS2811 for backlighting applications where the LEDs are hidden. Saving $ is always a big one for me…
Other side of the bay…Novato. The Cool Neon stuff is indeed pricy. I spent a lot of hours staring at the “Squared” piece at Burning Man this year and decided i want to try some things that have more 3-D character than the neopixel strips. Without having to solder them all myself.
Maybe check out Friends-of-FastLED Blinkylabs’ BlinkyTile: http://blinkinlabs.com/blinkytile/
Thanks for the link. One thing I’ve noticed is that 3D pieces look “better” (to my eye, anyway) if they use diffusers and large areas of similar hues. Cool Neon sells some small diffusers called Keebler Cubes, but they are pretty close to transparent. Where would one go to find translucent, hollow, white plastic shapes?
That’s always the trick, isn’t it. I wander around a lot of homewares and hardware shops.
Vases work pretty well if you use a frosted glass appearance type spray to make it diffuse.
Coroplast is another cool material. Like plastic cardboard. LEDs don’t show through super well though
Finally, cloth is a low tech option if you can have a framework underneath