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- Feb 05 2022 15:44platinumjesus commented on 82ca2b1Jan 03 2022 22:15aocole closed #137Jan 03 2022 22:15aocole commented #137Oct 14 2021 13:51jonwilliams-bluescape commented on 82ca2b1Oct 12 2021 05:53pfried opened #141Sep 16 2021 23:58videogame-hacker commented on 82ca2b1Sep 16 2021 21:50scanlime commented on 82ca2b1Sep 14 2021 07:57balls-mcgee commented on 82ca2b1Sep 11 2021 18:57videogame-hacker commented on 82ca2b1Sep 11 2021 06:06balls-mcgee commented on 82ca2b1Sep 08 2021 19:29videogame-hacker commented on 82ca2b1Sep 08 2021 19:07scanlime commented on 82ca2b1Sep 08 2021 19:04thejohnd commented on 82ca2b1Jul 20 2021 18:55orgicus commented #132Just one FC, plugged directly into a rpi2. I can take known good strips and plug them into the first couple of channels (with shorter runs) and they work fine, but when I put them on the end of the long run, don't work. So, effectively did the 'bring the FC closer' except I brought the strip closer. ;)did you solder header pins to your FC?and if so - do they all share a common ground?at one point I made the mistake of splitting the grounds between two power supplies and it did not like thatYou maybe at a physical limitation for the FC and transmission over a long distanceit is a known limitation unfortunatelyyou are correct they are all common on the boardI should have noted that in my situation where the grounds were split, it was not at the FC - it was at the strip where I jumped it back to the bus for all the negative terminals - I had the strip on one PS ground and the FC on a separate one - I suspect this in some way messed with the timing or something - once I had common grounds across the whole display, all of the strange flickering in that situation went awayWish I had more to offer :(I am actually using 2801 LEDs for my next display due to the limitation you are hitting right now - not giving up on FC though as it has some really awesome applications - though I do wish there were a headless all in one option, but that was not part of the original design motivation I don't think - I am currently (tonight) messing with trying to get the ARTNET functionality to work with http://www.solderlab.de/index.php/software/glediator - just now reading through all of the codeone thing I like about the arduino for the signs that I have lit lately is that running my configs without the FC and straight from an Arduino is much more reliable from a power on power off perspective - RP as you probably know have a huge issue with power loss - which means in addition to powering something installed for a long time PLUS providing a battery backup that shuts down the display in the event of a power failure becomes painfulUsing the FASTLED libraries on an Ardiuno has become my goto for all small projects - the FC does excel for large scale projects - particularly the ingenious implementation of OPC and all of @scanlime goodness.:)This is my next toy to play with this - http://www.sandevices.com/E681info.htmlOrdered it about a week agobuy this board - snap in a FC and away you go with all the ports and connections ready to rollweird to see an all-through-hole board nowadaysGuy that did dubstep christmas lights showHe has an amazing series of videos that explains every aspect of how all of this was builtwell worth the watch - little dry but great video quality and great step by step instructionsI started investigating the 2801 pixels after I saw this and the controller that he is usingpropeller CPUoppsneed to google that one @scanlime - I have not heard of itmaybe those will help3 pin jst sm
