Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
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Re: Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
#2Great project! The hardware looks pretty simple, but the software side looks like a lot of work was put in, and it shows. Fantastic job.
Re: Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
#3Great work, such a useful hardware and software package. A few months too late for our project, will use for next year.
Re: Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
#4Reading the article reminded me that APA has been threatening vendors of the WS2812, claiming that it infringes one of their patents: https://hackaday.com/2018/07/31/are-patent-claims-coming-for...
Re: Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
#5Random question: has anyone seen a neopixel-compatible interface LED in a tinier package, like 2mm square? Would be great for some applications.
Re: Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
#6How does this compare to FastLED [1] on the same ESP8266 (and ESP32) platform? FastLED is free and open source, and support almost all LED drivers out there. Writing animations with FastLED might not be as easy as with Pixelblaze, but similarly only requires a few lines of code.
Re: Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
#7I’ve been using plain Arduino and FastLED to drive 300 individually addressable LEDs as a Christmas ornament for the past 3 years. Super simple, and my kid can write his own patterns in C. Nowhere near this level of effort though.
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#8I'm working on several medium sized LED projects and am curious if anyone has a guide or links to buying WS2812 or similar strands.
I've bought a ~10 of these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZHB9M6A/ref=oh_aui_sear... but I would love to find a slightly cheaper source. Alibaba seems to sell them at half the cost but product titles, photos, and descriptions don't ever seem to match
Re: Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
#9I've spent the last four years learning the art and craft of LED art. I suppose I wouldn't change the way that I do things, but if I were starting out again I'd definitely use this. I can very much appreciate all of the work that this system takes off of my hands. The auto-recompile low-iteration-time is key. Very impressive!
Re: Pixelblaze V2 – An advanced LED pattern development engine and controller
#10Off topic but I like that his website puts the menu where your thumb on mobile can actually reach it