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50 meter long LED strip
Hi Im a bit of a newbie at all this but im looking for some advise. My main aim is to run a 50 meter long led strip at the bottom of a swimming pool. I was hoping to use the arduino to control the led strip so that it lights 16 LED’s (8 along the strip (2 side by side))at a time going from one end of the strip to the other in a set amount of time that i specify.
I was looking at 1 set of 2 leds(side by side) every 4 cm. That a total of 2500 leds in the strip
The programming of the arduino i reckon i could do. But its the sheer ammount of leds and the controlling of them that im struggling with. As i said at any one time only about 16 leds will be lit at any one time. Does anybody have any ideas how i could control these. I dont think i need to worry about voltage drop as not enough will be lit at the same time to worry about it.
Any advise will be much appreciated.
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