google / OctoPrint-LEDStripControl

OctoPrint plugin that intercepts M150 GCode commands and controls local GPIOs connected to LEDs.
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Which LED Strips #3

Closed danst0 closed 7 years ago

danst0 commented 7 years ago

Which LED Strip would be useable? I usually have those with the WS2812b chip. But this is not what is working here?

Daniel

precision commented 7 years ago

Correct, WS2812's require special timing and control that I doubt would be possible on a Pi. This is for controlling simple RGB strips (soon RGBW) The ones I use are https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006LW2NJM

ikirt commented 6 years ago

You can use ws281x with the Pi, please see the following site, https://github.com/jgarff/rpi_ws281x