Best of FastLED Discussions

There's a good discussion forum for FastLED on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FastLED
The FastLED developers are active participants, as are a growing number expert users.

This page collects up a few links to some of the most useful, most helpful, most interesting, or simply most lengthy discussions that have taken place over there.

• ["Fire2012": Fire simulation for Arduino and FastLED] (https://forum.makerforums.info/t/quick-video-of-fire2012-heres-what-the-fire2012-fire-simulation-looks-like-when-running/64646) Includes video and full source code.

• [2-D XY Matrix sample] (https://forum.makerforums.info/t/xy-matrix-16x16-matrix-256-pixels-driven-by-an-arduino-nano-plastic-diffuser/64644) Includes sample code and video.

• Anti-aliasing aka fractional pixels aka sub-pixel rendering Includes video and sample code. (https://forum.makerforums.info/t/anti-aliasing-example-this-example-shows-two-bars-of-light-moving-at-the-same-speed/60227)

• Battery/portable power sources for LED projects (https://forum.makerforums.info/t/portable-power-halloweens-a-coming-me-hearties/60217)

• [Where to buy 'larger' quantities of LEDs] (https://forum.makerforums.info/t/hi-there-im-trying-to-find-a-supplyer-for-buying-30-meters-of-adressable/58838) Pros and cons of eBay, AliExpress, and various specific suppliers.

• [Which 'library' is smaller, FastLED or Adafruit Neopixel?] (https://forum.makerforums.info/t/which-library-is-smaller/60248) TL;DR: for many animations, using FastLED results in smaller code.

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