two different neopixel animations

[zburhop]

Hi,

I have two Neopixel animations I have figured out. I want the project to change between codes with a switch. They use delay() a lot but I don't really have time to learn to do functions so it seems like a button press to switch between them is out. I want the project to change between codes when I switch the part. Is there any reason why I cannot just mount two Arduinos and a switch that toggles from one input to another?

Zach

[adafruit_support_bill]

I haven't tried it. But in theory, that should work. You would need to make sure you have a common ground connection between the Arduinos.
Since the two Arduinos will not be synchronized, there may be some glitching in your patterns as you switch from one to the other.

[zburhop]

Nice. Thanks. Im much better with hardware then I am on the software side so this is prob a dumb question. But is there not a way to say "run this program on this pin, and this one on this pin without writing way more advanced code?

Zach

[adafruit_support_bill]

The Arduino is a relatively bare-bones microprocessor. It does not have the resources to support a general-purpose real-time multi-tasking environment.

Although it is possible to multi-task with it, you need to structure your code to manage the timing and resources appropriately:

https://learn.adafruit.com/multi-taskin ... 3/overview