WS2812BSerial vs. OctoWS2811 for a small amount of LEDs

[Uija]

Hey!

In an upcoming project, I will need around 20 RGB LEDs. As this project is heavily based on Serial Ports, I don't want to loose one Serial Port for the LEDs and as the OctoWS2811 Library seems to work with any Digital Pin, I thought maybe this is the solution.
Is there any downside to using that Library over the Serial one?

Thanks, Jens

 

[PaulStoffregen]

OctoWS2811 is meant for much larger projects, but there's really no reason you couldn't use it for only 20 LEDs.