Hi there! I want to do a project with 20-30 pool noodles (3-4 feet each)… Each noodle will have a Pixelblaze and an LED strip with armature wire to form the noodle into a squiggly shape. These Pixelblazes will all be wi-fi synched to a master Pixelblaze with an audio sensorboard… All the noodles will be suspended above a crowd via fishing line in a 20x40 tent and powered by USB with a single cable going to a USB distro strip… The music playing will control the master noodle (and thus synched noodles). If all the Pixelblazes are in AP mode, what would be the max # of synched noodles to the master noodle without glitching? And would that # change if I had them all connected to a WiFi router instead of being in AP mode? Any comments or tips to the above (in addition to the answer) would be appreciated… Thanks!
Hi Gene, check out this post from Wizard for an explanation.
If you have a physical connection to a central point - I.e. your fishing line that presumably carries the power (from your USB hub) have you considered having less PBs and simply relying on WiFi less. 75 LEDs is many is the scheme of things, you could easily group into say 4-8 noodles per PB. The Output extender would be perfect. You could still have them displaying their own reaction to the music.
Or… if the animation is the same per noodle, why not simply split the date line to more than one Noodle (they would display exactly the same). This would significantly reduce the number of PB nodes and therefor the problem.