Disney's TRON Legacy RGB LED Tron Suit Costume, More Animation FPS?

Nimoy007 · July 20, 2020

This Tron Suit is a Disney TRON licensed costume that I have attached LED's to. Currently, sequences are generated with jinx, but I plan on testing with xLights software as well. The following video is a test of the LED's on the front of the suit. This test allowed me to fine-tune the delay between state updates sent to the lights. This setup demos the music visualization capability of the suit using an Arduino uno microcontroller and 98 ws2812b neopixel LED's to display light sequences developed with jinx . I have two esp32 variations and one Raspberry Pi 4 coming so that I can test alternative methods of driving the LED's.

I'm wondering if anyone has any input on software and hardware variations and tweaks that would allow for smoother animations (more FPS). I still have some head-room, I think, so I could push the current system a little harder, but any suggestions are welcomed!

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Edited July 20, 2020 by Nimoy007
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