[Solved] Hyperion Flicker Issues(2)

  • Hardware List:
    Pi 3
    Adafruit SPI Lifter
    APA102 ( 474 )
    Easyday UTVF007
    Power Supply Astec 24V 14A
    3x Tobsun Buck Stepdown Regulators 24V to 5V/15A Capable
    5V is not shorted between LEDs and Peripheral devices
    2 Tobsun Buck Regulators for LEDs
    1 for Pi, HDMI Splitter, and HDMI-RCA converter


    Partial Success:
    Works as expected until LEDS during white scenes begin to flicker.


    Troubleshooting:
    Happens when in "Remote" with White Effect.
    Does not happen with Arduino direct control setting LEDs to color.White ( using FastLed.h from github)
    Last LED in chain has 4.78V
    Continues to happen when LED Brightness is set lower. Lower value makes it more frequent.



    Please Help: Would like to test Arduino as LED Driver with PI as Master.
    Problem, nothing happens when I power on devices.


    Pi by itself works. Arduino by itself using simple sketch works. Combined, does not work.


    Arduino has Adalight.ino ( Cant get LEDs to function )
    Pi has Hyperbian installed 2.0.0-alpha.6


    I only altered LED_TYPE, MAX_LEDS, and DATA_Pin and CLOCK_Pin, and serialRate


    Thank you for reading and thank you for your time!


    • Offizieller Beitrag

    "device": {
    "colorOrder": "bgr",
    "delayAfterConnect": 1500,
    "hardwareLedCount": 473,
    "latchTime": 30,
    "lightberry_apa102_mode": true,
    "output": "/dev/ttyACM0",
    "rate": 1000000,
    "rewriteTime": 1000,
    "type": "adalight"
    },


    rate should be the same as on your arduino sketch...

  • "device": {
    "rate": 1000000,


    },


    rate should be the same as on your arduino sketch...


    Firstly, thank you for your help.


    Changing the rate did the trick. I did some testing.

    Flickering while solid white is fixed WITH Arduino in Communication chain.


    Results:
    Can now Test White color reliably with no flicker.
    Can now lower brightness reliably with no flicker.


    New Issue:
    Hypothesis: Grabber Easyday UTVF007 Issue
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod…n_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1



    What happens - Intermittently LEDs go crazy, on still image. Leds for a split second return to Effect.
    Can have no issues for a couple of seconds.
    Not observable in Hyperion Screen Capture TV



    Tests I have performed.


    NTSF or PAL
    Any Standard Resolution ( from list )
    Any Hz, 25, 30 or Auto
    pixelDecimation-1 - 14 tested
    Crop numbers varied ( Random order )
    Disabled: Smoothing ( Reason: LEDs go Crazy )
    Disabled: Black Border Detection ( Reason: Just Testing)
    Enabled: ForegroundEffect - Color - Red (Reason - Noticed When Grabber is disabled effect activates )
    Swapped Mail to Mail on Yellow RCA
    Placed 470 Ohm in series on MOSI ( Data Out)


    Has anyone any idea what is happening and or how to fix?

  • sometimes the usb video grabber get not enough current...if you have a powered usb hub, try to check if this is the problem...



    Thank you for the suggestions.


    TLDR: Issue Not resolved.


    Test Performed:
    Soldered Peripheral 5V direct to Easyday Grabber ( Onto 5V to 3,3V regulator )
    Note: I have 3x 5V buck regulators supplies. 2 for LEDs and 1 For Peripherals. All GNDs are connected from Astec 24V supply ( source)


    Results:
    Voltage went from 4.86V ( No Mod) to 5.06V ( W/ Mod ) while operating.
    Flicker back to Solid Color Effect persists. Changed Grabber settings around.
    No further observable differences. :/


    Issue: Grabber Disconnects and Reconnects fast
    Has anyone any idea what is happening and or how to fix?

  • *Solved* Fingers Crossed


    Originally had 2 issues.
    1) White Color Only Flicker - Symptom Intensity Change from Bright to Medium Bright by itself.
    2) Grabber Disconnect - Symptom LEDs would go back Background Effect several times a second for short duration.


    Solution to problem 1:
    Replace Adafruit I2C/SPI IO Level Lifter with Arduino
    --Lesson: 'rate' and 'serial rate' are the same. Corresponds to serial baud rate.


    Solution to problem 2:
    Enable Smoothing
    Decrease Update Frequency to 15 Hz
    Changed time to 150ms instead of 200ms
    --Lesson - O that is what that is for!



    Settings I kept:
    720x480 at 30 fps for NTSC and PixelDecimation 2


    Note:
    I switched from Pi 0 to Pi3 because I dont use USB Hub.
    A hub is needed to connect grabber and arduino to pi zero


    TLDR:
    - Problems with flickering?
    Try lower the smoothing frequency and lower the framegrabber frequency in your Hyperion configuration.
    -Problem with Single Color Flickering
    try an Arduino Uno Rev 3 or higher.

  • Flickering Issue 3: Rare flicker. Once in a few hours part of my strip would go white. Fixed with Cat 8a Ethernet cable for noise reduction. I have my Hyperion setup next to a router and next to 8 AC cables. Lots of magnetics and interference going on there.

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