I make ALOT of stuff. Have a degree in EE but my day job is enterprise software architecture. So I'm *very* rusty. Which is why I made the disclaimer. Would love to meet you and chat about your project. I love bulb exposures - lots of fun.
-David
Ok, looks like you have the same, if not more, experience than I do and definitely more training (EE beats CPE when it come to electronic device design). I too am pretty rusty but it is coming back very quickly for me. So I find it odd that you would not call yourself an authority when I think I could very well be an authority on general topic when compared to a majority of RC Hobbyist. Maybe my concept of what an authority to the Hobby is lower than what you consider.
I'd love to share what I am doing with as many people as possible and help others do similar projects. But to do so, I need my project to be completed successfully. I may use a different LED strip next time due to the difficulty of writing to the ones I am using but these are cheaper which is why I selected the LED strips I did.
Be happy to discuss this with you or anyone else at Flite Fest. Who knows, someone might have some good ideas to make improvements on my project and make it work more reliably with the cheaper LED strips.
Looking forward to meet you and everyone else at Flite Fest.