ESP8266 with P9813 Based LED Driver and FastLED Issue

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I am having an issue using a NodeMCU ESP8266 and a P9813 Based LED Driver with FastLED.

This is the LED Driver: LED Driver

My code:

#define FASTLED_INTERRUPT_RETRY_COUNT 0
#define FASTLED_ESP8266_RAW_PIN_ORDER
#define FASTLED_FORCE_SOFTWARE_SPI

#include <FastLED.h>

#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <PubSubClient.h>

#define NUM_LEDS 5
#define DATA_PIN 5
#define CLOCK_PIN 4

int red = 255;
int green = 0;
int blue = 0;


CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];

void setup() {
  FastLED.addLeds<P9813, DATA_PIN, CLOCK_PIN , RGB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
  
  Serial.begin(9600);
  for (int x = 0; x < 5; x++) {
    leds[x] = CRGB::White;
  }
  FastLED.show();
  delay(500);
}

void loop() {
  for (int y = 255; y >= 0; y--) {
    for (int x = 0; x < 5; x++) {
      leds[x].r = y;
      leds[x].g = 255 - y;
      leds[x].b = 0;
    }
    FastLED.show();
    delay(20);
  }

  for (int y = 255; y >= 0; y--) {
    for (int x = 0; x < 5; x++) {
      leds[x].r = 0;
      leds[x].g = y;
      leds[x].b = 255 - y;
    }
    FastLED.show();
    delay(20);
  }

  for (int y = 255; y >= 0; y--) {
    for (int x = 0; x < 5; x++) {
      leds[x].r = 255 - y;
      leds[x].g = 0;
      leds[x].b = y;
    }
    FastLED.show();
    delay(20);
  }

}

The code simply cycles through the RGB spectrum.

When running, all LED strips occasionally flash White or Blink very quickly and I am not sure why.

I tried using the ChainableLED library and this worked well, but would just stop working and freeze the colours.

I really would like to get FastLED running but I need to get rid of this issue. I don’t know if it is todo with not having any SPI pins and the data not getting through, but I have seen other examples on the web of using an ESP8266 to control these. Or could it be a data transmission speed problem?

Thanks!

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