Thanks a lot for the information ThompsonTinkers. There is a lot for me to unpack in your reply, so I'm going to look into testing your suggestion of using shift registers. One of the dilemmas I had was because each LED is different, they each have different specs and max voltages/currents, and if I...

Hey everyone, First off, I hope it's cool I put this out here, I really like the activity in this forum and I think you guys can help me elegantly create a solution to a problem I'm having. I'm a novice when it comes to making electronics (especially making pcbs), but I've been getting really into i...