Using 2 cloned rows

Hi,

First things first: many thanks for this great project! This is something I wanted to do for ages, and particularly for my PC and video games immersion.

I'm testing Hyperion on my pc. Here is my setup:
- Hyperion on Windows with DXGI DDA grabber

- Arduino Nano connected to PC via USB

- Adalight based sketch on the Arduino

- WS2812B based ledstrip with 104 leds

- Meanwell RS-50-5 power transformer

It actually work pretty well.
I modified the Adalight sketch from https://github.com/hyperion-pr…ino/adalight/adalight.ino, so I can :
- use the leds as a normal lamp when PC is off (serial not detected)

- modified the startup animation to a constant breathing one untill serial connection is up

- react to button presses to change between modes (hyperion or lamp etc.)

However, I found that my ledstrip is not very shiny, so using it as a lamp is not great.

My idea is to double the ledstrip, so I'll have aproximately 200 leds.
I would have 2 rows emitting the same color, with the inner row a bit less longer than the outer one.

I could do to data copy from the arduino sketch, but I was wondering if I could achieve the same using hyperion configuration.

Ledstrips will be connected in series.

Is this possible? or do I really need to this from arduino's code?

Thanks

Thanks for your answers.

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hey. I am thinking you talking about parallel connection of 2 ledstrips.

in that case you dont have to change the code, you can use more than 1 ledstrip parallel. I did that with Raspi3b on GPIO so I think it should also work on arduino?

I thought about this, but the 2 ledstrips won't have the same length, so that may not properly reflect exactly what's on the screen.

pclin I'm sorry I don't really understand how I can achieve this with the advanced layout config. An example would really help.

and, I'm sure to understand: is the nano very limited with my setup (~200 leds)? should I move to an ESP? I don't want a wifi module, serial connection sounds better to me. Currently it's working ok, I did a few tests and didn't noticed a delay or a refresh problem.

I think I'm hitting hardware limits: the color change is perceptible between the screen and the leds, the arduino seems to have reached its limit, pushing fps or baudrate makes hyperion or the arduino crash.

Plus, you're right about the ledstrip I have, not enough bright and blueish at full white. I didn't know about this SK6812 RGBW, and now I have 10 meters of WS2812B
I may switch, or not ahah. I need to think about it.

Many thanks for all these precious advices.

Do you recommend a particular ESP32? ESP32-C3 maybe?

The WROOM are not recommended anymore by espressif for new projects.

But I've also read on the WLED documentation that the newer models like the C3 are not fully supported by WLED.
I actually don't know if I'll use WLED, but that make me doubt.