Hi there
I am having an issue with controlling these LED strips https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BW59PD5F/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I have mounted them on a wheel where the strips are cut along the line and then connected together using wires.
For some reason, they are only lighting up partially. I've tried to put a 220 ohm resistor in between the LED strips and the LED's still aren't lighting up fully.
Even when the arduino is disconnected, the LED's that were lit up are still on. When the crocodile clips from the power supply are changing position on the LED's, the colour changes and the number of LED's on change.
Here is a video of what's happening.
Does anyone know why this is happening?
Where the lines are crossing each other, it's not connected, it's just how I've drawn it.
Power supply is 30V/10A
/// @file ColorTemperature.ino
/// @brief Demonstrates how to use @ref ColorTemperature based color correction
/// @example ColorTemperature.ino
#include <FastLED.h>
#define LED_PIN 9
// Information about the LED strip itself
#define NUM_LEDS 250
#define CHIPSET WS2811
#define COLOR_ORDER GRB
CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];
#define BRIGHTNESS 125
// FastLED provides two color-management controls:
// (1) color correction settings for each LED strip, and
// (2) master control of the overall output 'color temperature'
//
// THIS EXAMPLE demonstrates the second, "color temperature" control.
// It shows a simple rainbow animation first with one temperature profile,
// and a few seconds later, with a different temperature profile.
//
// The first pixel of the strip will show the color temperature.
//
// HELPFUL HINTS for "seeing" the effect in this demo:
// * Don't look directly at the LED pixels. Shine the LEDs aganst
// a white wall, table, or piece of paper, and look at the reflected light.
//
// * If you watch it for a bit, and then walk away, and then come back
// to it, you'll probably be able to "see" whether it's currently using
// the 'redder' or the 'bluer' temperature profile, even not counting
// the lowest 'indicator' pixel.
//
//
// FastLED provides these pre-conigured incandescent color profiles:
// Candle, Tungsten40W, Tungsten100W, Halogen, CarbonArc,
// HighNoonSun, DirectSunlight, OvercastSky, ClearBlueSky,
// FastLED provides these pre-configured gaseous-light color profiles:
// WarmFluorescent, StandardFluorescent, CoolWhiteFluorescent,
// FullSpectrumFluorescent, GrowLightFluorescent, BlackLightFluorescent,
// MercuryVapor, SodiumVapor, MetalHalide, HighPressureSodium,
// FastLED also provides an "Uncorrected temperature" profile
// UncorrectedTemperature;
#define TEMPERATURE_1 Tungsten100W
#define TEMPERATURE_2 OvercastSky
// How many seconds to show each temperature before switching
#define DISPLAYTIME 20
// How many seconds to show black between switches
#define BLACKTIME 3
void loop()
{
// draw a generic, no-name rainbow
static uint8_t starthue = 0;
fill_rainbow( leds + 5, NUM_LEDS - 5, --starthue, 20);
// Choose which 'color temperature' profile to enable.
uint8_t secs = (millis() / 1000) % (DISPLAYTIME * 2);
if( secs < DISPLAYTIME) {
FastLED.setTemperature( TEMPERATURE_1 ); // first temperature
leds[0] = TEMPERATURE_1; // show indicator pixel
} else {
FastLED.setTemperature( TEMPERATURE_2 ); // second temperature
leds[0] = TEMPERATURE_2; // show indicator pixel
}
// Black out the LEDs for a few secnds between color changes
// to let the eyes and brains adjust
if( (secs % DISPLAYTIME) < BLACKTIME) {
memset8( leds, 0, NUM_LEDS * sizeof(CRGB));
}
FastLED.show();
FastLED.delay(8);
}
void setup() {
delay( 3000 ); // power-up safety delay
// It's important to set the color correction for your LED strip here,
// so that colors can be more accurately rendered through the 'temperature' profiles
FastLED.addLeds<CHIPSET, LED_PIN, COLOR_ORDER>(leds, NUM_LEDS).setCorrection( TypicalSMD5050 );
FastLED.setBrightness( BRIGHTNESS );
}
schematic of your circuit(sort of present; shows only part of the system - where's the Arduino?)
clear photos of how you have everything wired up (no sign of the 'steel wire' connections)
