This page (link below, I think?) starts off saying that using OctoWS2811 with FastLED/Teensy 3.2 has a number of disadvantages including not being able to use FastLED colour correction. Near the end of the page it says you can in fact use colour correction with FastLED and OctoWS2811. Could someone clarify which is correct?
I expect to have 846 SK1268 LEDs separated into 18 strips of 47 which could be connected into six strips of 141 for example. I don’t think I need super high refresh rates but I do want to run animations.
The confusion comes from the fact that is both an OctoWS2811 adapter and an OctoWS2811 library.
The page discusses various options including using both libraries and the adapter.
As far as I know, the best way forward is to use the adapter with just the FastLED library. This is what the speed comparison at the bottom of the page shows.
Oh right, I get it. Thanks a lot, Jeremy! I’d never have figured that out. This might be a really stupid question but do you know whether the OctoWS2811 has firmware that needs to be changed to avoid using the OctoWS2811 library? Thanks, anyway!
I have used the OCTOWS2811 adaptor with the Teensy 3.1 on a few projects already and here’s my understanding…
You still have to include the OCTOWS2811 library in your sketches even if you define and use the OctoWS2811 controllers available from the FastLED library.
I think you have to do this to make full use of the DMA transfer abilities of the OCTOWS2811 library.