Not a problem lighting groups at a time.OK if we can do like what you described...then we dont have to follow the kipkay circuit. The GIF is my ultimate goal. But its not like leds are on 1 side...they will cover the whole surface of the sculpture
What I have here is a rough structure of the build...it looks kinda like human sperm cell right now without the dendrites and synapses
What Im thinking is we can chain the leds in strings, each string go from 1 dendrite to 1 synapse (indicated by different color) we will have from 5 to 8 strings like that to go around the sculpture. Or if you have any better idea that allows lower number of leds but still bright enough we will do it! trying to save some money on leds...oh each string i think will have from 50 to 60 ledsWhat do you think? what important is all the dendrites have to light up at the same time and when light reaches synapses, the synapses light up at the same time also.
Do you have access to components, or will you need to order them?
50-60 LEDs per 'string' will easily turn into 200+ LEDs. I don't personally see a need for any more than 3 or 4 strings. (Should allow one or two strings to be visible at a time.