RGBW LEDs control through Matlab

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Hello guys
I need a hand. For a project I have to send a sequence of bytes from Matlab to Arduino that control 36 RGBW LEDs with a precise time scan.

In particular, every 6 bytes must be sent every 2ms, so that my 36 LEDs (plus 1 byte to decide the color ) are kept switched on/off according to the precise pattern each 2ms.

The data is sent correctly but I don’t understand why LEDs do not precisely follow the time scan. It takes less than 2ms to send 6 bytes right? To send the entire array of bytes I send takes more than three times what It should take. Do you have any idea what the error might be or how I can get accurate time management?

  Nstep=32400;
Nled=48;
p=zeros(Nstep, Nled);


    for j=1:Nstep-1
    if(mod(idivide(j,int16(108)),2)==0)
    for i=10:2:Nled
        p(j+1,i)=1;
    end
    end
    if(mod(idivide(j,int16(108)),2)~=0)
    for i=9:2:Nled
        p(j+1,i)=1;
    end 
    end 
    if(j==1)
        for i=10:2:Nled
        p(1,i)=1;
        end 
    end
    end 

logp=logical(p);
 
NumBytesp=size(logp,2)/8*size(logp, 1);
% reshape the matrix into an array, where each row repsresents one byte
Array23 = reshape(logp', [8, NumBytesp])';
% now convert it into a cell array, where each cell contains a matrix of 8
% elements
Cell23 = num2cell(Array23, 2);
% now we take a detour over string represenation of the values to create a
% byte variable in each cell entry

Bytes23 = cellfun(@(x) uint8(bin2dec(num2str(x))), Cell23);

BytesWp=Bytes23;


for j=1:6:size(Bytes23,1)
    Bytes23(j)=1;
end

BytesRp=Bytes23;

for j=1:6:size(Bytes23,1)
    Bytes23(j)=2;
end

BytesGp=Bytes23;

for j=1:6:size(Bytes23,1)
    Bytes23(j)=3;
end

BytesBp=Bytes23;



 delete(instrfindall);
 arduinocom = serial('COM3', 'BaudRate', 500000);
                 fopen(arduinocom);
                 pause(2);
                 
                 for k=1:NumBytesp
                 fprintf(arduinocom, '%c', char(BytesWp(k)));
                 if(mod(k-1,6)==0)
                 pause(0.002)
                 end
                 end
                 
                 fclose(arduinocom);

arduino:

#include <Wire.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <Servo.h>
//RCLK
int Pinlatch = 8;
////SER
int Pindata = 11;
//SRCLK
int Pinclock = 12;
int PIN;
byte datashift1=0;
byte datashift2=0;
byte datashift3=0;
byte datashift4=0;
byte datashift5=0;
String matlab;
int rc=0;

void setup()
{  
  pinMode(Pinlatch, OUTPUT);
  Serial.begin(500000);
  pinMode(2,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(3,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(4,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(5,OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(2,LOW); //R
  digitalWrite(3,LOW); //G
  digitalWrite(4,LOW); //B
  digitalWrite(5,LOW); //W
  

}

void loop() {
    // send data
    if (Serial.available()) {
     char matlab = Serial.read();

      if(rc==0) {
      if(matlab==0 || matlab==128) 
      PIN=5;
      else if(matlab==1 || matlab==129)
      PIN=2;
      else if(matlab==2 || matlab==130)
      PIN=3;
      else if( matlab==3 || matlab == 131 ) 
      PIN=4;
      }
      if(rc==1) {
        datashift1=matlab;  
      }
       if(rc==2) {
        datashift2=matlab;
      }
       if(rc==3) {
        datashift3=matlab;
      }
       if(rc==4) {
        datashift4=matlab;
      }
       if(rc==5) {
        datashift5=matlab;
        
        pinMode(PIN,OUTPUT);
        digitalWrite(PIN,HIGH);
        digitalWrite(Pinlatch, 0);
        shiftOut(Pindata, Pinclock, datashift1);
        shiftOut(Pindata, Pinclock, datashift2);
        shiftOut(Pindata, Pinclock, datashift3);
        shiftOut(Pindata, Pinclock, datashift4);
        shiftOut(Pindata, Pinclock, datashift5);
        delay(2);
        digitalWrite(Pinlatch, 1);
        rc=-1;
      }
      rc++;
    }
  }

void shiftOut(int insDataPin, int insClockPin, byte insDataOut) {
  
  int i=0;
  int State;
  pinMode(insClockPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(insDataPin, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(insDataPin, 0);
  digitalWrite(insClockPin, 0);

  for (i=7; i>=0; i--)  {
    digitalWrite(insClockPin, 0);
    if ( insDataOut & (1<<i) ) {
      State= 1;
    }
    else {  
      State= 0;
    }
    
    digitalWrite(insDataPin, State);
    digitalWrite(insClockPin, 1);
    digitalWrite(insDataPin, 0);
  }
  //stop shifting
  digitalWrite(insClockPin, 0);
}

Thx guys!

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