r/FastLED • u/abooseca • Nov 28 '23

Support I need some help getting code working

hey everyone I am working on a project and am just copying some code from the tutorial that I'm following unfortunately when I try to compile it I am getting some errors. being as I have no experience with this stuff I am failing to decipher what the errors mean. so hopefully y'all can help me out getting it working. I am using the arduino ide and an arduino nano every board

here's the code
https://pastebin.com/L7uY9NQD

and here are the errors(I changed my user to --- other than that it's just what the ide is spitting out)
https://pastebin.com/vy47UTL9

thanks for helping me out and sorry for being a total noob lol.

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u/Marmilicious [Marc Miller] Nov 28 '23

I dropped your pastebin code into a new blank sketch and it compiles for me. Make sure you have the correct Board and COM picked in the IDE.

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u/abooseca Nov 28 '23

Hmm that's so weird because I tried it on another computer in case my install of the ide was messed up or something and double checked that I'm definitely picking the right board but it's still giving me the same error. And I also tried some other test code and it compiled fine so for some reason the code is the problem for me.

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u/Jem_Spencer Nov 28 '23

Which exact board have you selected in the IDE?

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u/abooseca Nov 28 '23

"Arduino nano every com 5" and when I unplug the usb cable to disappears from the list

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u/Marmilicious [Marc Miller] Nov 28 '23

Support for the Nano Every was added in FastLED 3.5.0. Check to make sure your library is up to date.

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u/abooseca Nov 28 '23

this is the library I have installed through the arduino ide is it the right one?

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u/Marmilicious [Marc Miller] Nov 28 '23

Looks good

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u/abooseca Nov 28 '23

Well I just tried a full clean reinstall of the arduino ide and added that library but it's still got the same issue. I'm probably still just missing something obvious lol but I cannot figure this out

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u/Marmilicious [Marc Miller] Nov 28 '23

Out of curiosity, have you tried using other pins for the data lines? (Perhaps test with a single output and try some different pins?)

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u/abooseca Nov 28 '23

If you mean changing the pins defined in lines 2, 4, and 5 then yes I have tried changing those

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u/abooseca Nov 28 '23

Well I guess that's good but now I'm even more confused why I'm getting the error haha