First 13 LEDS white after power on

[jasonsomers]

I have tested this with several different ESP8266, bought from different vendors.

As I continue to research - I see the same issue here:

Startup often lights a few bright white

I have this weird thing going on. I’m relatively new to 12v WS2815 strips but I’ve had a 5v 2811 running non stop for about 4 years. The situation. I want to have a WS2815 as programmable accent lights on my car. I want them to come on when I hit the brake. So, obviously, I will need to engage the brake to switch states. I’m prepared for that. Here’s the problem. I programmed a NodeMCU to do the effect. When I turn off power (brake not engaged), it goes off. When I turn the power on (engage…

Sounds like it is being chalked up to “garbage on GPIOs 2 and 1” (my two outputs) at bootup. Is there any practical way to mitigate? I have a full setup with level shifters in place.

Overall this is not a terribly severe issue - but an annoying one.
It only presents itself as a problem if you are only running less than 13 LEDs, and have extras after that you don’t plan to use and don’t want to cut off.