Lightsaber Effect

[andrell10]

Hello, newbie here. I’m trying to find out a way to make a light saber effect when I power on the lights. Like, the strip slowly turns on, LED by LED ultil the the strip is complete. And it must remain with all LED turned on. Thanks.

ESP32
SK6812 60led/m
1,10 meter strip

[ALDIY]

Wipe can do that with a bit of tweaking

Wipe & sweep ceiling LEDs strip light

As I showed you the video in discord for the first part of the question Discord , to do that i did this : A) create a wipe preset and make sure to add (“tb”:0) so the effect will start correctly B) Create a preset with solid color to match the end of your wipe C) Create a playlist and add the wipe preset , set the repeat to 1 and End preset to solid preset You may need to adjust the timing a bit to match the number of leds wipe.txt (598 Bytes) [image] The second part of you question d…

[Magig_Wled]

@andrell10 Welcome
there are more then one way to make a nice Lightsaber
did you Google ARDUINO lightsaber
you will get examples with a small NANO and also Soundboard that makes the saber more dramatic

[andrell10]

Thanks for the reply.

The problem is that this method uses several components. I would like something simpler. With LED strip, ESP32 and power supply.

[Magig_Wled]

@andrell10 If you go Via D1 Mini ESP8266 you only need a 9V Block Battery and the Stripe thats all