The RMT peripheral of the ESP32 is used for controlling up to 8 LED "strands" (in whatever form factor the serially-chained LEDs are placed). These strands are independently controlled and buffered.

Neopixels and other forms of addressable LEDs have taken the maker world by storm. They make it trivial to add a ton of controllable, glowing LEDs to any project. [Arnov Sharma] has made a great ...