Making progress on the double ring chandelier for my living room, using sk6812 WWA strips and arduino mega. Everything is working as a prototype, and just need to add RF remote control for mode switching and convert the prototype circuitry to a permanent install…
I really like the effect the wwa LEDs have. Is that a custom animation playing or is that one of the demo reel animations? Hard to tell because of the colors not being rainbow but it does look great.
I think it is slightly modified version of sinelon, done by cine-lights.
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Are they just laying there like that or are they attached offset to one another (I like that look)?
@John_Hendy The are not attached to each other. When installed, each will be separately adjustable with four wires, so I can recreate the angles in this picture (or try other angles).
Cool, just curious. Do you have details on the diffuser and distance from it? I’ve had a hard time getting a nice balance between seeing the individual pixels vs to blended. Maybe it’s just the vid but I think yours looks great!
@Mike_Clifford Wondering what the diameters are and how many pixels each? Looking really nice.
@John_Hendy I’m using these channels: https://www.solidapollo.com/NF12-Neon-Flex-LED-Strip-Channel.html
I had to cut the backs out because the diffuser and channel are bonded together (so other option was threading LEDs through, which I tried, to no avail). after cutting out the backs there is about 1/4" space.
@marmil ~22" for the small ring and 42" for the large ring. I’m using 60 LED/m strips. I think it is around 85 LEDs in the small ring and 200 in the large ring (not sure exact numbers without going back and looking at code). My original plan was to use 144 LEDs/m strips, but they just weren’t durable for this curved application. I literally spent an entire day finding a broken pixel, splicing, resoldering, discovering another pixel broke when re-applying, and repeating, before resigning myself to just use 60 LEDs/m.
What about using these? They’re 60leds/m but only 5 mm wide. I use them A LOT. missing/deleted image from Google+
@Kyle_Halvorson standard width Sk6812 strips worked fine at 60 LEDs/m. It was only the 144 LEDs/m strips that were an issue. Also, not sure if they make those thin ones in a WWA version yet?
I was thinking about putting two right next to each other so you have twice the quantity of LEDs, just feed each “pair” of strips with the same data signal so they’re synchronized. I thought about that! I contacted the manufacturer and they said they were completely willing to do a WWA version since it’d be as simple as swapping out the model of LEDs. I didn’t have them made though, I was just asking if it was a possibility for the future.
@Kyle_Halvorson Which manufacturer was it you asked? That’s super!
I went to this site and emailed them about having WWA LEDs on these strips. Their email is on the left, info@pixel-leds.com http://www.pixel-leds.com/products/202-5mm-5v-60-LED-SK6812-RGB-pixels-LED-strip.html
Hey Mark
Looks awesome. I’m preparing somethink alike but linear (sort of pole). How do you pilot the various tone of white with the library. In fact I don’t understand how to address the white LED ! Thanks for help.
@Patrick_Janorsky I put a full video together for this on my YouTube channel with more details in the video description. https://youtu.be/g7A8h72RwdY
you can use sk6812 WWA strips, and control them same as you would WS 28xx strips. Let me know if you have more questions after checking out the video.
@Kyle_Halvorson Did you ever hear anything? I’ve got another project and am thinking about doubling up strips with WWA and some WS 2812 strips next to each other so you can do white or color changing (and maybe see what it looks like with both at the same time).
@Patrick_Janorsky I think you just consider the warm white, cool white, and amber channels as R,G,B and mix as needed. Example:
CRGB(255,0,0) = warm only,
CRGB(0,128,128) = 50% cool and amber, etc.