3rd LED Strip flickering/not processing the code correctly
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- sierrahe
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3rd LED Strip flickering/not processing the code correctly
Hi! This is my first project ever with Adafruit and using something like Circuit Python to code visuals into my LED strips. When constructing and soldering my LED strips together, it seemed to be working fine and the voltage didn't seem like a problem. I wasn't until we tried to staple the connecting wires down when the last connected strip started acting weird (it turned off for a split second once the staple went in). I thought it was just flickering from voltage fluctuations, but when I tested the rainbow gradient on the strip that was flickering, it now flashes between different colors of the gradient. Did we ruin the entire strip? Is this fixable?
- dastels
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Re: 3rd LED Strip flickering/not processing the code correctly
Have you removed the staple that triggered the problem? My guess is that the physical shock of stapling caused a connection to loosen/break or othe staple created a short.
Dave
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