Board / Code – Teensy 4.1 Pixel Pusher and DuotrigesimalWS2811
I’ve been running a Teensy 3.2 with the OctoWS2811 board for my show for the past 5 years and have been looking for options to upgrade to a Teensy 4.0 or 4.1. The Teensy 4.1 Pixel Pusher and code by Amos Computing fits this perfectly!
The board is an open source design with all the files and information on github at https://github.com/brianamos1/DuotrigesimalWS2811. Also on github is the code for pulling in E1.31 data to be pushed to all the pixels, at https://github.com/brianamos1/DTG_E.131.
You can order the board from Tindie (SMT only, kit, or full assembled) and order the Teensy 4.1 (don’t forget the ethernet socket and pins) from pjrc.com. While I’ve ordered my board, I’ll post my experience once I get it up and running.
Software – FPP 5.5 Released
After the season, Falcon Christmas released FPP 5.5 on January 20th. As was posted, “This is mostly a bug fix release to fix issues encountered with Christmas shows, but it also contains some other enhancements.” Always great to start the next season with the latest and greatest!
You can find the release at https://github.com/FalconChristmas/fpp/releases and additional information on the Falcon Christmas forums at https://falconchristmas.com/forum/index.php/topic,15171.0.html.
