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I don't get why you would need more RAM for more LEDs? Isn't the data shifted out one by one?


My word of warning was for beginners. All these seasoned experts are coming in here to explain to me how they would be perfectly capable of using 2k of ram effectively. But that’s not the case for beginners. The most popular libraries for driving all these LEDs store the state of the full chain on RAM. Not strictly required but it makes working with the LED strips much easier. And most devices have plenty of RAM to support this…


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