Hello, I'd love to be able to control light strips that run on two different chips at the same time with an arduino micro. I have not been able to google up a straight answer as to whether that is impossible or not. I have my two programs working nicely when separate, but when I combine them into one program, it doesn't work. The fact that the setup code overlaps (strip.begin, strip.show) makes me fear that it is impossible, but perhaps there is a way to make it work?
Thanks.
Haven't looked into this, but as long as the two strips use ICs that do not require constant refresh, but only need updating when you wish a change of the pattern, it certainly should be entirely possible
Look out for a conflict in the setup code, if you have to use the same functions for both strips, then you will need a way (presumably a separate constructor) to distinguish the two.
Hello, Is it possible to run two different strips at the same time from the same arduino? I guess not since I can't get it to work, but perhaps it is possible. I am using LPD8806 and WS2801 strips, they're set to different ports and the code works for each, but my attempts at combining the code to run both at once don't seem to work. Is this because there is a fundamental problem with arduino talking to the two different chips at once, or could I fix up the code and make it go? Thank you.