Hi, @mojuave1.
I have been working on some similar. Please, take a look to the links below.
Here copy of the link that guides us to use the extra Arduino parts in hand.
https://www.instructables.com/id/Com...-With-Arduino/
The links below show the original IDE development used by Todd Hammond on the instructable.
[URL="http://doityourselfchristmas.com/forums/showthread.php?47177-arduino-with-xlights"]
https://bitbucket.org/keithsw1111/ar...11/src/master/
I have many compiling errors to debug on my end, probably due to libraries newer versions or things along those lines. I hope you have better luck and get it running promptly. The author is part of the forum but I have no time to post questions or my issues yet.
Hope this helps, Good Luck!
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