LED Effects - Star Trek Phaser Array - Arduino https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/ Tweaking4All.com Discussion Board en-US Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:12:10 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: LED Effects - Star Trek Phaser Array https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-5057 Sat, 02 Sep 2023 12:18:07 +0000 Yes, it is permanent and not curable, it can be only slowed down. But lucky for me, it does not have a big effect on my everyday routine yet.

I'm so so sorry to hear that ๐Ÿ˜ž - that is just terrible.
I guess I can only hope and wish that it indeed goes as slow as possible ๐Ÿ˜žย 
Let me know if there is anything I can do for you. I know there will not be anything, but I'd like to offer anyway.

Sorry for the late reply - I have not been home for a while now. Should get home about 10 days from now. Had the wonderful opportunity to visit my aunt in Der Schweiz - but Internet is somewhat spotty over here. Kind-a nice though, just to "unplug" for a couple of weeks, and sit in the middle of nature. ๐Ÿ˜Šย 

]]> Arduino Hans https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-5057 RE: LED Effects - Star Trek Phaser Array https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-5032 Sat, 19 Aug 2023 17:12:50 +0000 Im sorry to hear that you are in health trouble too. Hopefully you will feel better soon.
And yes, it is really hard to find a job which does not affect you health, where you get paid reasonable and does not cost too much of your lifetime.]]> Arduino Trace https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-5032 RE: LED Effects - Star Trek Phaser Array https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-5028 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 08:48:35 +0000 @traceย 

Hi Trace! Well, that's not good to hear ๐Ÿ˜ž - is it permanent? ... I'm kind-a in a similar boat. Initially hard to find work, and now my health prevents me to go find work (long black mold related story and hopefully not permanent).

]]> Arduino Hans https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-5028 RE: LED Effects - Star Trek Phaser Array https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-5027 Sat, 12 Aug 2023 12:37:43 +0000 Im in search for income to. After bad news about my health, I had to quit my Job, cause it caused a big drop in my healthiness.
How is it going on your side?]]> Arduino Trace https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-5027 RE: LED Effects - Star Trek Phaser Array https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-4857 Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:42:02 +0000 Hi Trace!

Good to hear from you again, and again apologies for the radio silence!ย 
A lot of things have changed here as well. Sometimes life can just fly by, doesn't it?

I'd love to revive this as a project, like we talked about before.
Just in the middle of potentially moving again, taking care of my mom and trying to find an income, man life sure becomes busy.
Added a big fat post-it on my laptop for this project, but not promising anything just yet on how quick I'll be able to work on this. ๐Ÿ˜Šย 

]]> Arduino Hans https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-4857 RE: LED Effects - Star Trek Phaser Array https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-4845 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 18:37:28 +0000 Arduino Trace https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-4845 RE: LED Effects - Star Trek Phaser Array https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-4607 Sat, 07 Jan 2023 11:30:17 +0000 If you have the WS2812C 150 LED strip; then sure, you can use it. Probably even better than your 12V strip (I have never used a 12V strip, but that doesn't mean they do not work).

Just modify the define:

#define NUM_LEDS 60

to

#define NUM_LEDS 150

As for the button; the other end is connected to GND as far as I recall. It will not harm your Arduino though if that was wrong.
A more common way to connect a button would be like documented here.

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The +5V + 10 KOhm resistor are used to avoid bounce issues and such. Or as described in that documentation:

If you disconnect the digital I/O pin from everything, the LED may blink erratically.
This is because the input is "floating" - that is, it will randomly return either HIGH or LOW.
That's why you need a pull-up or pull-down resistor in the circuit.

Hope this helps ๐Ÿ˜Šย 

]]> Arduino Hans https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-4607 RE: LED Effects - Star Trek Phaser Array https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-4604 Thu, 05 Jan 2023 17:25:54 +0000 So now I have the hardware but can't seem to get this to work...I'm confident the sketch is correct as per previous posts.

Could someone please explain the physical connections - so far I have:

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12v in to the LED strip (this lights up 3 LEDs)

Data wire connected to PIN 7 on the arduino

Jumper wire on PIN 3 (do I connect this to GND or 5v in to trigger this switch?)

Arduino in plugged into my laptop via USB

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I have a 30 LED length of WS2811...

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...However I'd LIKE to use WS2812C 150 LED strip - can the code be amended to allow this...?

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Any help appreciated!!

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]]> Arduino Anonymous https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-4604 RE: LED Effects - Star Trek Phaser Array https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-4596 Tue, 27 Dec 2022 16:53:26 +0000 You're most welcome! ๐Ÿ˜Šย 

]]> Arduino Hans https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-4596 RE: LED Effects - Star Trek Phaser Array https://www.tweaking4all.com/forum/arduino/led-effects-steady-color-with-pulsing-meteor-effect/paged/15/#post-4595 Mon, 26 Dec 2022 20:00:06 +0000 @hansย 

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Yay! That fixed it!! Now I await the hardware to build it!

Thank you Sir!

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