From 470fc491144a94cdcd075c88f20ba66e06d95636 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Adrian A. Baumann" <ade@adebaumann.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:52:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] WS2812 troubleshooting

---
 gaugemqttcontinuous.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gaugemqttcontinuous.py b/gaugemqttcontinuous.py
index e928528..e8d253d 100644
--- a/gaugemqttcontinuous.py
+++ b/gaugemqttcontinuous.py
@@ -277,11 +277,15 @@ _wifi_sta = None
 print("DEBUG: wifi globals set")
 
 print("DEBUG: about to init LED pins")
+print("DEBUG: computing len(gauges)...")
 num_gauges = len(gauges)
+print(f"DEBUG: num_gauges = {num_gauges}")
 leds_red = []
 leds_green = []
 leds_bl = []
+print("DEBUG: about to loop over gauges for pins")
 for g in gauges:
+    print(f"DEBUG: initializing pins for gauge: {g['name']}")
     leds_red.append(Pin(g["red_pin"], Pin.OUT, value=0))
     leds_green.append(Pin(g["green_pin"], Pin.OUT, value=0))
 print("DEBUG: LED pins initialized")