Recent content by Steve Williams

Many thanks everyone. I now have it working with the ESP8266 also powered from the PSU, a 1000uF 10V capacitor across the power to the light strip and the logic level shifter on the data line.

@TerryK Thanks for the explanation. I read those in the datasheet for the WS2812B but didn't understand how to interpret them. Now I know.

@Jorge Bolivar Is that logic level converter boosting the D4 pin from the ESP8266's usual 3.3V up to 5V? I found this guide to NeoPixels on Arduino, and it mentions that pixels powered by 5V need a 5V data line. Is that correct? https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-neopixel-uberguide/best-practices

Thanks @Jorge Bolivar. Very helpful information there. At the moment I am using WLED's built-in effects, but the plan is to have them controlled via E1.31. I have materials for six arches, each with 150 pixels. I understand the pixel 170 issue due to DMX universes having 512 channels which run...

Hello everyone. I am trying to build some arches (using the air seeder hose and conduit as shown in these forums). I am also using hardware I already have Wemos D1 mini ESP8266 devices that will be running WLED 5V 60LEDs/m WS2812B strips 5V60A switch-mode power supply During testing, I was...