Hi Bub4,
thanks a lot, this hint helped me to solve the issue. In the end it must have been the too long wires which causes my problems. I've used a single LED to boost the voltage as described in the FAQ you posted and everything works fine now, even with the cables being as long as before.
Thanks again! Now I can enjoy my Hyperion.
Hi Bub4,
Thanks for your reply. It's the whole strip flashing.
The cable is circa 1m long. Is there a length that is critical?
Hello,
I've build my own Ambylight for my LG TV using Hyperion, an ESP8266 and an Ws2812b LED stripe. It all worked well initially but then I did some recabling and hit issues after this. The LEDs are most of the time doing what they should but every couple of seconds the flash in bright colours, most of the time white, and then return back to normal. This is super annoying.
I first thought it's because of the network, as I've also introduced a new switch but this doesn't seem to be the case. 1. I've reverted the network changes and no change, 2. I've also noted that the LEDs flash when I'm not streaming anything from Hyperion but select just an effect in WLED. So it must be something hardware related.
Did anyone experience anything similiar and could solve it? I would be thankful for any advice!
One more thing that happened is that I've by accident switched 5V and GND when re-cabling. I've first thought I've damaged the ESP8266 doing so and replaced it... the problem is still there. Could the LED stripe get damaged by swapping 5V and GND and could this create the issues?
Looking forward to hear you replay.
Thanks,
Marc
