Led strip random scrolling light effect for a large hamster wheel
This was for a project that took the speed of a man sized rotating drum and would light an led strip with a random scrolling pattern that would scroll at a speed proportional to the speed and direction of rotation of the drum. Speed was sensed using a rotatry encoder and ligting was managed using an Arduino Mega programmed using the fastled library. Total number of LEDs were 196, WS2812 chipset. Patterns were created using the palette function in the fastled library and pre-defined palettes. Whenever the drum was stationary for a period if time, it would revet to a static, sparkly, rainbow.