mike, We're talking about 150-200 leds here. Not one LED. Im unsure of the exact numbers at the moment but the excell sheet only really shows the different catagories of lights and their function. within each catagory theres alot of leds.
so going by what you have said i will be needing those expansions.
also, i need to get this started and off the ground. i dont have time to sit there and learn the language then go into programming this. I essentially need to learn the language as I write up the program which is why I have asked for help and not asked people to tell me to learn the language first.