Since I'd already written code using the Arduino framework and FastLED library for ESP32, I wanted to try using the same development environment for RP2040 (as opposed to using Raspberrry Pi Pico SDK ...

Updated my Arduino IDE 1.8.19 Expressif ESP32-WROOM-32 board definitions to version Alpha 3.0.0 and tried to compile a sketch that was itself not altered. Figured it would help submitting the compiler ...

Normally, when a project calls for addressable LEDs, we just throw a strip of WS2812s and an Arduino together, cobble together some code from the examples in the FastLED library, and call it a day.… ...