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GPStar Proton Pack and Neutrona Wand
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[Bug]: Inner Cyclotron way too fast in AL/FE #408

Closed nomakewan closed 3 weeks ago

nomakewan commented 3 weeks ago

What actions were attempted?

Turn on the pack with the lid off in Afterlife or Frozen Empire mode.

What actually happened?

Inner cyclotron rotation speed is insanely fast.

What was expected?

Inner cyclotron rotation speed should be slow enough at idle to perceive a single dot moving in a circle.

Firmware Version

5.4.2/6.0.Preview

Mode in Use

Super Hero / Video Game

Notable Hardware

35 LED Inner Cyclotron Ring.

Homework Completed

Toy203 commented 3 weeks ago

Honestly thought that was the wanted behavior on this one. It looks cool on mine lol.

nomakewan commented 3 weeks ago

It wasn't intended as far as I'm aware. If no one reported the change I wonder when it actually happened...

Toy203 commented 3 weeks ago

Here's mine on 6.0 https://youtu.be/7b0hGVFbi6I

I guess the plexiglass lid could help a bit with the effect, but honestly it looks fine to me. Ramp up and down works well and I like the overall effect.

nomakewan commented 3 weeks ago

Here's mine on 6.0 https://youtu.be/7b0hGVFbi6I

Which LED ring is this?

Toy203 commented 3 weeks ago

The OG 35 ring, afterlife settings.

nomakewan commented 3 weeks ago

Interesting. I too have the OG 35 ring, and while it works fine in 84/89, AL/FE are insanely fast to the point where the LED pattern is broken up pretty badly. I'll have to do some experiments, like introducing the Frutto inner panel into the circuit to see if that has any effect. I've already confirmed that changing the outer cyclotron configuration has zero effect on the behavior of the inner cyclotron, so there's that at least.

Toy203 commented 3 weeks ago

Don't get me wrong, I can see the pattern is broken on full rotation speed, leds don't sequentially turn on from what I can see. I just thought it was some kind of trail effect in place or something.

nomakewan commented 3 weeks ago

Nah, it's the actual rotation effect outpacing the FastLED refresh rate. This allows the LEDs to go "faster" but since they're not being refreshed that quickly, LEDs get skipped over.

EDIT: Yep, confirmed that was the root cause--a mismatch in FastLED refresh rate and minimum refresh rate for the inner cyclotron when using a 35/36 LED ring. Will have it fixed for 5.4.3. It'll still speed up under firing conditions of course.