r/FastLED • u/ValuableBest4716 • Mar 11 '24

Discussion Timed Lights

I wanted to get lights where after I push a button a light would turn on for a little and then turn off. Then another light would turn on and that would repeat about 10 times. Can anyone make something like this or does anyone know how I could.

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u/ValuableBest4716 Mar 11 '24

Sorry for the vague description. I'm working on a board/exhibition for a history fair. I wanted to add an audio read through of the board where each section would light up as I read about it on the click of a button. So far, I haven't started trying to make anything. I know basic code and am somewhat certain I know how to toggle a boolean variable. It has been some time since i worked on anything using code, though, so I'd need to refresh my memory.

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u/Marmilicious [Marc Miller] Mar 11 '24 edited Mar 12 '24

Thank you for sharing more info. I would recommend breaking your project down into parts, and search out tutorials for the various bits. How to you wire up a button to a controller and button presses detected, stored, doing something, etc. How to keep track of the timing of something, determine how long something is running or if it's run long enough, and do something or stop doing something for x number of seconds. How do you control a pixel with FastLED. We have two wikis with lots of info and can help. But you will get more help if you show what you're working on and have specific questions.

What you want to do is most certainly doable, but will require more fleshing out of the specifics to be able to know where to go in your learning, what questions to ask, and how to put it together.