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gkaindl / ambi-tv

a flexible ambilight clone for embedded linux
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WS2811/WS281x support #42

Closed Phil1988 closed 10 years ago

Phil1988 commented 10 years ago

I saw the WS2801 issue and wonder if WS2811 could work?

I know timing is critical on the Raspberry but maybe someone could make it work anyway? I saw this article http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=43442

Or maybe the data (colors for every LED) could be given to an µC (like Arduino) using the UART of the PI, which then controls the LEDs. Any Ideas?

As I am beginner - please make it easy to understand (maybe with a tutorial?) ;-) Thanks a lot!

Phil1988 commented 10 years ago

I am closing this as the PI does not provide WS2811 LEDs and the workaround can be done with UART sink and a µC.