Thanks for the reply, I think there is an issue with the Mega 2560 as I switched to my spare Teensey 3.1 & now have the LED's reacting to codes uploaded to it.
I do however now have a slight issue with the code, the LED's are reacting to changed I make in the code regarding the speed, LED amount, timing ect, but I can't seem to get them to rainbow loop across the strip fading/mixing colors rather then stepping them. here is the code:
/* OctoWS2811 Rainbow.ino - Rainbow Shifting Test
http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_OctoWS2811.html
Copyright (c) 2013 Paul Stoffregen, PJRC.COM, LLC
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Required Connections
--------------------
pin 2: LED Strip #1 OctoWS2811 drives 8 LED Strips.
pin 14: LED strip #2 All 8 are the same length.
pin 7: LED strip #3
pin 8: LED strip #4 A 100 ohm resistor should used
pin 6: LED strip #5 between each Teensy pin and the
pin 20: LED strip #6 wire to the LED strip, to minimize
pin 21: LED strip #7 high frequency ringining & noise.
pin 5: LED strip #8
pin 15 & 16 - Connect together, but do not use
pin 4 - Do not use
pin 3 - Do not use as PWM. Normal use is ok.
pin 1 - Output indicating CPU usage, monitor with an oscilloscope,
logic analyzer or even an LED (brighter = CPU busier)
*/
#include <OctoWS2811.h>
const int ledsPerStrip = 60;
DMAMEM int displayMemory[ledsPerStrip*6];
int drawingMemory[ledsPerStrip*6];
const int config = WS2811_GRB | WS2811_800kHz;
OctoWS2811 leds(ledsPerStrip, displayMemory, drawingMemory, config);
int rainbowColors[180];
void setup() {
pinMode(1, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(1, HIGH);
for (int i=0; i<180; i++) {
int hue = i * 2;
int saturation = 100;
int lightness = 50;
// pre-compute the 180 rainbow colors
rainbowColors[i] = makeColor(hue, saturation, lightness);
}
digitalWrite(1, LOW);
leds.begin();
}
void loop() {
rainbow(10, 2500);
}
// phaseShift is the shift between each row. phaseShift=0
// causes all rows to show the same colors moving together.
// phaseShift=180 causes each row to be the opposite colors
// as the previous.
//
// cycleTime is the number of milliseconds to shift through
// the entire 360 degrees of the color wheel:
// Red -> Orange -> Yellow -> Green -> Blue -> Violet -> Red
//
void rainbow(int phaseShift, int cycleTime)
{
int color, x, y, offset, wait;
wait = cycleTime * 1000 / ledsPerStrip;
for (color=0; color < 180; color++) {
digitalWrite(1, HIGH);
for (x=0; x < ledsPerStrip; x++) {
for (y=0; y < 8; y++) {
int index = (color + x + y*phaseShift/2) % 180;
leds.setPixel(x + y*ledsPerStrip, rainbowColors[index]);
}
}
leds.show();
digitalWrite(1, LOW);
delayMicroseconds(wait);
}
}
I have attached the pictures of my temporary setup (due to breaking my soldering Iron & only having a 180 ohm resistor rather then a 100ohm.)
Any help with the code or making the rainbow effect would be great!
Thanks Again for your time & help!