[thePhytochemist]

This is a timely article for me since I'm building an indoor light display and the client specifically mentioned flicker. It's supposed to be a cosy warm light setup (that animates to show the movement of our planets, each represented by a lantern in the building). They were so concerned about flicker they suggested using incandescent but I'd really like to use leds for the obvious reasons (power consumption, fire risk, lifetime, color choice).

What I chose is an ESP32 controller attached to WS1812B LEDs. It turns out these operate at a PWM of nearly 20Khz and my low key tests confirm this. Even at the lowest dim level I can't detect any flicker when I move the led quickly or move something quickly in front of it.

It's amazing to me that you can get off the shelf hardware with WLED installed that works at 20Khz with these cheap RGB LEDs for less than the leading brands like a Philips Hue!