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Hello, I'm currently doing LED caps project but my WS2812 led strip not light up after uploading the code.Can someone help me? Thanks!

2led_strip.ino (1.32 KB)

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Hi,
Welcome to the forum.

Please read the post at the start of any forum , entitled "How to use this Forum".
OR
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php/topic,148850.0.html.
Then look down to item #7 about how to post your code.
It will be formatted in a scrolling window that makes it easier to read.

Can you please post a copy of your circuit, in CAD or a picture of a hand drawn circuit in jpg, png?
What model Arduino are you using?

Thanks.. Tom... :slight_smile:

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These lines:

#define DATA_PIN 5  // Data pin for the first LED strip
#define DATA_PIN 6   // Data pin for the second LED strip

define DATA_PIN to 5 and then redefine it to 6. If you have compiler warnings enabled at File > Preferences > Compiler warnings, you would get a helpful warning about this:

C:\Users\per\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_modified_sketch_878093\sketch_jan14a.ino:7:0: warning: "DATA_PIN" redefined

 #define DATA_PIN 6   // Data pin for the second LED strip

 

C:\Users\per\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_modified_sketch_878093\sketch_jan14a.ino:6:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition

 #define DATA_PIN 5  // Data pin for the first LED strip

So these lines:

 LEDS.addLeds<WS2812, DATA_PIN, RGB>(leds[0], NUM_LEDS_PER_STRIP);
  LEDS.addLeds<WS2812, DATA_PIN, RGB>(leds[1], NUM_LEDS_PER_STRIP);

are the equivalent of:

 LEDS.addLeds<WS2812, 6, RGB>(leds[0], NUM_LEDS_PER_STRIP);
  LEDS.addLeds<WS2812, 6, RGB>(leds[1], NUM_LEDS_PER_STRIP);

I'm guessing you expected it to be like this:

 LEDS.addLeds<WS2812, 5, RGB>(leds[0], NUM_LEDS_PER_STRIP);
  LEDS.addLeds<WS2812, 6, RGB>(leds[1], NUM_LEDS_PER_STRIP);

but C++ doesn't work like that. You need to use a different name for each macro:

#define DATA_PIN1 5  // Data pin for the first LED strip
#define DATA_PIN2 6   // Data pin for the second LED strip

  LEDS.addLeds<WS2812, DATA_PIN1, RGB>(leds[0], NUM_LEDS_PER_STRIP);
  LEDS.addLeds<WS2812, DATA_PIN2, RGB>(leds[1], NUM_LEDS_PER_STRIP);

Or better yet, use an array and a for loop.