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<blockquote data-quote="HomeY" data-source="post: 1065799" data-attributes="member: 68365">OK, for those that have been following this topic, and might have gotten demotivated by my problems, look @ this:[ATTACH]146225[/ATTACH] Now this REALLY puts a smile on my face!Long story short: the FIRST LED is damaged, which prevents the DATA to run through the strip!I found a website with exactly the same LEDs as i have (WS2812B), which explains <a href="http://www.pololu.com/product/2550" target="_blank">really nice</a> how to hook it up, etc. AND came with a hint about the strip not responding, often because the first LED is broken. Then you simply cut it of, and continue <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />I manually connected the DATA to LED 3 (and then also blew that probably, since they're really sensitive).The final setup will have 1000 uF capacitors on the power line &amp; 470 Ohm resistor on the DATA line to prevent further damage.Now i only need to test of the other libraries (FastLED) work properly with this strip and then.... well <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> i think you can figure out what's next!Remove the TV from the wall, double check the math for the amount of LEDs and connect the strip to the TV.BIG TNX to @[USER=97876]Lightning303[/USER] @[USER=29743]kenwonders[/USER] @[USER=50482]azzuro[/USER] and the rest that helped out <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Will report back the finding with the FastLED library with this strip.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HomeY, post: 1065799, member: 68365"] OK, for those that have been following this topic, and might have gotten demotivated by my problems, look @ this: [ATTACH]146225[/ATTACH] Now this REALLY puts a smile on my face! Long story short: the FIRST LED is damaged, which prevents the DATA to run through the strip! I found a website with exactly the same LEDs as i have (WS2812B), which explains [URL='http://www.pololu.com/product/2550']really nice[/URL] how to hook it up, etc. AND came with a hint about the strip not responding, often because the first LED is broken. Then you simply cut it of, and continue ;) I manually connected the DATA to LED 3 (and then also blew that probably, since they're really sensitive). The final setup will have 1000 uF capacitors on the power line & 470 Ohm resistor on the DATA line to prevent further damage. Now i only need to test of the other libraries (FastLED) work properly with this strip and then.... well ;) i think you can figure out what's next! Remove the TV from the wall, double check the math for the amount of LEDs and connect the strip to the TV. BIG TNX to @[USER=97876]Lightning303[/USER] @[USER=29743]kenwonders[/USER] @[USER=50482]azzuro[/USER] and the rest that helped out ;) Will report back the finding with the FastLED library with this strip. [/QUOTE]

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