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ESP8266 based  Homekit controller for WS2812B lightstrips with WS2812FX support🌈
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500 leds #61

Open V3rxx opened 2 years ago

V3rxx commented 2 years ago

is there anyway to make it control more then 500 leds? i have a project i want to do and it has only 1 area that i can put power supply and everything and the strip i have is 15m 60 leds/m means i have 900 leds to control

andywaplinger commented 2 years ago

I just tested a controller by inputting 600 LEDs during setup and it's working just fine. Note that I only connected it to a 75 LED strip, but I can't imagine that would affect things when the controller is set to manage 600 LEDs.

With 900 LEDs you'll have a large voltage drop from the beginning to end if you only plug in power on one end. You can inject power anywhere along the strip (even in multiple spots). https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=WGgzWWrCIhY