Possible to get more than 2 LED outputs?

mtongnz / ESP8266_ArtNetNode_v2

ESP8266 based WiFi ArtNet to DMX, RDM and LED Pixels

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Possible to get more than 2 LED outputs? #43

Closed fjanicki closed 7 years ago

fjanicki commented 7 years ago

Would it be possible to get more than 2 LED outputs? Is there any hardware restriction behind this limitation?

mtongnz commented 7 years ago

Are you meaning status LEDs? If so, I'm currently working on using ws2812 LEDs for status instead. I'm just waiting on them & the prototype PCBs to arrive before I can test it.

If you're meaning Artnet controlled LED outputs, then you can actually run 1360 LEDs - 680 per output. These are the WS2812 addressable LEDs, not a standard LED strip.

mtongnz commented 7 years ago

Also, I plan to start on a device in a few months - once I've got this project working "finished" and released. It will hopefully have 8x WS2812 outputs, each capable of running at least 680 LEDs but wont have any DMX capabilities.