Is there any way to pass the pin to a class for initializing the

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Is there any way to pass the pin to a class for initializing the controller?

A little background: I’m working on a library where each instance has its own LED strip. At the moment the pin is set through a #define in a “config” header file, but it would be great if it was possible for the end-user to set their own pin either in the class constructor or through a class “begin” function.

I understand that the compiler needs to know the pin at compile-time, and I’ve tried messing around with templates to no avail.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

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This subject has come up in the past, along with changing the number of LEDs at run-time, but i cant remember what the answer was.

You may be able to find the post using the community search - YMMV

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I tried to do a few searches before posting, but most of the answers said “The pin/type/color order needs to be known at compile-time”, which doesn’t really answer my question. The pin is known at compile-time, I just want to obscure the initialization from the end-user.

I just realized that I could use a switch statement, listed with every possible pin. But that’s ridiculously clunky.

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Putting it in a switch statement is exactly what you have to do. The pin/led type can’t be passed in as function/constructor parameters to the underlying controllers.