Hi everyone! I've been doing some research before I dive in and buy a

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Hi everyone!

I’ve been doing some research before I dive in and buy a bunch of strips for some projects I have coming up. I’m wondering though if there’s a way to visualise the output during development without having to have the LEDs hooked up?

I’m imagining some kind of connection between processing and FastLED on the arduino, or consuming the SPI signal with another app like touchDesigner to be able to mock up a rudimentary animated representation of each pixel’s colour… Is this even in the realm of possibilities?

It would be great to be able to prepare a pre-vis of ideas to send to people to get design feedback etc. without having to then go and recreate your proposed design animation in code.

Thanks for your advice!

C.

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I have been having the same thoughts. I come from a stage lighting background and use to pre programme all my shows in WYSIWYG by CAST. this only accepts data from DMX though.

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As a rank beginner to FastLED, I’ve been thinking it would be awesome to have a simulator where you could build a virtual strip or grid, and then “run your code” on a virtual Arduino to check the results.

Certainly not something I’d ever be able to create though. :slight_smile: