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Today, 04:16 PM

Gabry59 replied to a thread Vixen and Arduino Mega + inexperience in Arduino

Hi, I installed Espixelstick V4. I followed various videos on XLIGHTS Epilstick and ESP32. After having corrected a sequence and saved it on the...

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Today, 12:46 PM

kenoman742 replied to a thread Website "Not Secure" in Site/Forum suggestions

I think I'll try turning off some of my anti-virus and firewall softare temporarily and see if that makes a difference. Thanks all for your input.

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Today, 10:39 AM

JohnByrne replied to a thread Mixing pic codes in Pic Code

Good stuff! Thank you. Again, it's been a minute for me (cough 16 years yikes).

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Today, 09:29 AM

MartinMueller2003 replied to a thread Mixing pic codes in Pic Code

non-pwm does dimming by sending a single fixed width pulse to the triac at a point in the AC cycle that will give the desired output intensity. This...

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Today, 12:41 AM

MikeKrebs replied to a thread Vixen and Arduino Mega + inexperience in Arduino

FPP itself doesn't run on the ESP32. Espixelstick software (firmware) will run on the ESP32 and can receive sync messages from FPP. Or the...

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Yesterday, 11:23 PM

JohnByrne replied to a thread Mixing pic codes in Pic Code

I was fortunate enough to have built some of the very first renard boards. That was a long time ago so I had to refresh my memory. There were 2...

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Yesterday, 08:33 PM

critic2 replied to a thread Arduino UNO R3 with extras in Buy/Sell/Trade

sold

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Yesterday, 05:53 PM

rstehle replied to a thread Mixing pic codes in Pic Code

I believe all of the firmware for the Renard boards is PWM which is how they achieved dimming. The original triacs were definitely the problem with...

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Yesterday, 05:48 PM

Gabry59 replied to a thread Vixen and Arduino Mega + inexperience in Arduino

Hi, I managed to install a mmory card on ESP32 500 Mb. If I understand correctly, to work with the memory card without a notebook it is necessary...

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Yesterday, 04:57 PM

JohnByrne replied to a thread Mixing pic codes in Pic Code

That was my understanding too. I have 3 PICS in hand so my plan is to flash them and give it a try. I only need 3 for this next show plan. ...

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Yesterday, 04:41 PM

JP90 replied to a thread Website "Not Secure" in Site/Forum suggestions

I use Firefox and that message has been displayed on my system also. What worked for me was to click on the padlock in the address bar and open the...

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Yesterday, 04:32 PM

MartinMueller2003 replied to a thread Mixing pic codes in Pic Code

no need to swap triacs when using pwm.

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Yesterday, 04:03 PM

JohnByrne replied to a thread Mixing pic codes in Pic Code

I don't recall hearing any issues with using the original triacs with the PWM code and led floods. If however this is the case I'm not going to...

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Yesterday, 03:19 PM

MartinMueller2003 replied to a thread Mixing pic codes in Pic Code

using non pwm, you reduce power consumed in the circuit that drives the triac. saves you a fraction of a penney over the entire show season.

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Yesterday, 03:14 PM

rstehle replied to a thread Mixing pic codes in Pic Code

I think your issue is the Triacs on your old boards. When we switched to LED's, we found that the original Triacs would not latch with the lower...

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Yesterday, 02:21 PM

JohnByrne replied to a thread Mixing pic codes in Pic Code

Thank you much. Yeah I wish I had used the PWM originally but that was 2007 lol. I've slept since then so not sure why I didn't other than maybe...

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Yesterday, 01:25 PM

Russelms replied to a thread Kulp K32A-B Harbor Freight Ammo Case (.5Cal) Build in Pixels and Pixel controllers

Here is a video of the finished product driving the 4k pixel screen its used for during the holiday's. https://youtu.be/cUxo-LfNcXw I knew I...

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Yesterday, 11:06 AM

ctmal replied to a thread Mixing pic codes in Pic Code

You're fine to mix and match the pwm settings as long as all the pics are using the same baud rate. The same should go for mixing and matching on a...

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Yesterday, 10:12 AM

JohnByrne started a thread Mixing pic codes in Pic Code

Apologies if this has been covered but I can't figure out what search words to use. My old Renard 16 (Xmus) boards use the pic code NOT designed...

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Yesterday, 09:38 AM

kenoman742 replied to a thread Website "Not Secure" in Site/Forum suggestions

I have gone through several methods of trying to get images to show, but none have worked. I am going to just use MS Edge to work with this website....

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Yesterday, 08:47 AM

P. Short replied to a thread Website "Not Secure" in Site/Forum suggestions

Possibly to block invisible pixels that are sometimes placed for tracking users.

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Yesterday, 05:52 AM

deastnoms replied to a thread no signal going to relays in Arduino

I've only been at this for 2 season now so I'm still learning.

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03-30-2023, 07:09 PM

Russelms replied to a thread Kulp K32A-B Harbor Freight Ammo Case (.5Cal) Build in Pixels and Pixel controllers

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03-30-2023, 01:49 PM

algerdes replied to a thread Website "Not Secure" in Site/Forum suggestions

No problems here with Chrome turning off images either. I do know there is a setting in Chrome, probably under security, that allows/disallows...

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03-30-2023, 11:15 AM

1pet2_9 replied to a thread Kulp K32A-B Harbor Freight Ammo Case (.5Cal) Build in Pixels and Pixel controllers

Other people I have talked with run 4 power supplies in their K32 box and need cooling, but I go with single power supply and no active cooling. It...

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03-30-2023, 10:17 AM

Russelms replied to a thread Kulp K32A-B Harbor Freight Ammo Case (.5Cal) Build in Pixels and Pixel controllers

The plastic 3D printed parts were sourced from Thingiverse here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4620589...

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