I've searched everywhere for a bit more depth into the Serial.readBytes() in the library

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I’ve searched everywhere for a bit more depth into the Serial.readBytes() in the library with no avail. Where in the library code can I find this?
https://github.com/FastLED/FastLED/wiki/Controlling-leds#read-rgb-data-from-serial

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Serial is a standard, arduino supplied library - http://arduino.cc/en/reference/serial

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Serial.readBytes() is part of the standard Arduino serial library. http://arduino.cc/en/Serial/ReadBytes

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Ok, that’s all I could find through Google. Do you think this library will interfere with FastLED? https://github.com/scogswell/ArduinoSerialCommand

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Unlikely to interfere with FastLED, however if it relies on interrupts to do its work, depending on the led chipset you are using FastLED might interfere with it.

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It has the ability to use SoftwareSerial() but I can default the library to compile as Hardware Serial instead.

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I was actually just looking into doing serial control for my LEDs tonight as well. This library is a great find. I’ll be testing this later this week. Hoping to centrally control 3 teensy’s running 8 strips each.

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@Randal_B Were you planning to be wireless or strapped to a computer?

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wired: raspberry pi > usb hub > 3or4 teensy