I made some good progress on this FastLED to Processing experiment.  Here's the code

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I made some good progress on this FastLED to Processing experiment. Here’s the code if you’d like to try it. Two files: an Arduino sketch and the Processing sketch.
https://github.com/marmilicious/FastLED_2_Processing
I put a lot of comments in both files so hopefully you can follow it easy enough.
To run: First upload the arduino sketch. The start the Processing sketch and it should connect and draw away.

I will say, looking at dots of color on a monitor is WAY different then seeing the actual lit up LEDs. This experiment might not end up being that useful to doing color specific stuff, but it perhaps could be handy for working out patterns and maybe timings.

Any feed back or suggestions welcome! I’m curious to know how it runs for others or how you might be interesting in using it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC7OEI3sOrI

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would be also great to have layout like strip, matrix [serpetine mode] or circle or or or … :smiley:

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That would be a good option. I will add that to my list.

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I tried out your code and it worked perfectly. I deleted cases 2 and 4 and changed the code (case 1:{ // Test RGB colors. for (int i=0; i < 50; i++) and the block of 6 colors crawled down the 50 pixel strip. Made a really cool multicolor effect. In general would love to see a kind of “Processing console” that could control program light effects and display speeds down a strip from the screen…

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Thank you for trying it out Budd. Cool. I too would like to control the Arduino program some from Processing and plan to mess with that when I get some time. I will share here if I get anything going.

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Sounds great. I just took an online Processing course so I am new to coding. But really enjoyed all the different ways one can use Processing especially with LED strips.