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multi-strip.md clarify input-only pins (closes #188) (#298)
Clarified pin usage restrictions for classic ESP32 and esp32-s2 in multi-strip documentation.
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- It is highly recommended to use an ESP32 when using more than 1 output
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- You may freely choose the LEDs type, pin numbers, length and color order of your LED strips at runtime in the LED settings page
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- You cannot use input-only pins for LEDs output
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- classic esp32: pins 34 through 39 are input only.
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- esp32-s2: pin 46 is input only.
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- esp32-s3 and esp32-c3 don't have any input-only pins.
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- Highly recommended to size power supply correctly according to your setup and disable the WLED brightness limiter setting to increase framerate with very large LED counts
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- Most strip types have yet to be tested. Add confirmed working below:
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- Confirmed working: WS281x, SK6812 RGBW, PWM white
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- * ESP32-S3: 12 led strips (with parallel I2S)
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- * ESP32-S2: 12 led strips (with parallel I2S, 4 with audioreactive)
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- * ESP32-C3: 2 led strips
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- Contrary to the ESP8266, the pin usage does not matter on ESP32, feel free to use any available pin
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- Contrary to the ESP8266, the pin usage does not matter on ESP32, feel free to use any available pin, except for input-only pins.
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- For perfect performance, it is recommeded to use 512 LEDs/pin with 4 outputs for a total of 2048 LEDs.
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- For very good performance, it is recommended to use 800 LEDs/pin with 4 outputs for a total of 3200 LEDs.
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- For good performance, you can use 1000 LEDs/pin with 4 outputs for a total of 4000 LEDs.

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