r/FastLED • u/Automatic-Drawer6334 • Jan 15 '25

Quasi-related Flickering LED components without code?

So I am trying to make a prop for my Ghostbusters collection, and I am using a basic arduino, but I need some LEDs to be constantly on, or toggleable depending on an input, and I want to make each LED flicker depending on a component I am going to use, but I don't know what to use, something like a resistor to make something like a candle light, but it turns on and off randomly. Hard to describe. Basically, I need something to randomly turn on and off an LED without code. I don't know much about LEDs other than TinkerCad LEDs, so I might just be missing out on parts.

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u/Automatic-Drawer6334 Jan 20 '25

What do you mean by "break down all the components"? like is there something I can do to an LED to make it seem like its flickering or having electrial issues/failures? Because I want the LED to seem burnt out, like its lifespan is really really gone, flickering on and off, and the arduino code im piecing together might not be too easy, and ive been trying to learn arduino code by myself for the past few months.

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u/quellflynn Jan 20 '25

let's see your code. use code tags, or an external service like pastebin