Neopixel Help!!!!

[Tom Tilmon]

I have had a bad initial pixel in the strip fail me. If you have enough strip, cut out one pixel on the strip that isn't working. If that pixel was bad, the whole strip will follow. Re solder your wires to the new first pixel, and try again. See if that works.

Tom

[diabetic8]

I have had a bad initial pixel in the strip fail me. If you have enough strip, cut out one pixel on the strip that isn't working. If that pixel was bad, the whole strip will follow. Re solder your wires to the new first pixel, and try again. See if that works.

Tom

Awesome!!!! Worked. Thanks Tom!!! Two out of the 3 sound banks work. For some reason one sound bank shoots the leds to a white like blade when I had it set for red. Has anybody heard of a sound bank issue?

[diabetic8]

For some reason, it keeps shorting out on red. Red will scroll up and then it flickers off with a scroll down sound as if it’s rebooting.

[Strydur]

This is one reason to go with the 2813 vs 2812 strips as they have a redundant setup so if one LED is bad it will skip past it.

[diabetic8]

This is one reason to go with the 2813 vs 2812 strips as they have a redundant setup so if one LED is bad it will skip past it.

Since this is new, everyone has stated different types of LED strips to use. So no perfect set up yet. It isn't until its turned on when you find all the problems. So it looks like there will be no red on this LED setup. The red works when you put it on mute mode. It will stay lit for about 5-10 seconds then its shut off. The speakers go crazy with like a static sound then reboots. like I need to put a capacitor for such a small battery(1860 2400ma). I have a lime Green with a pinkish FOC for sound bank one, Green with orange FOC for bank two and blue with a greenish FOC for bank three. I would like to thank everyones input and help


Tried it and probably my last time with NeoPixels for awhile.Saber1.jpgSaber2.jpgSaber3.jpg

[Tom Tilmon]

This is one reason to go with the 2813 vs 2812 strips as they have a redundant setup so if one LED is bad it will skip past it.

Thanks Tim, I guess we're all struggling until y'all carry the "right" ones! I think I bought the "wrong" ones.

Tom

[jbkuma]

You also need to be sure your battery is sufficient to power the strip. If your battery can't supply the current the LEDs either won't light or color won't be correct. I had a bad solder joint and one strip would only light red and the other wouldn't light at all.

[diabetic8]

You also need to be sure your battery is sufficient to power the strip. If your battery can't supply the current the LEDs either won't light or color won't be correct. I had a bad solder joint and one strip would only light red and the other wouldn't light at all.

So far both sides are lighting up. Tomorrow I’ll post what’s happening to the red LEDs. Turns on but then reboots and shuts down. While the red is on though, the speakers are making this horrible static sound. Battery life is horrible!!! I only had it on and off for about 20 minutes and it shuts down with that static sound. If I were to enable the FOC feature while the battery is low, it will shut down. I charged it for about an hour and it seems fine. I’m hoping that with a full charge then the red will work.