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Hope it's ok to ask here so as to target Pixel users. I'm almost ready to make my first Pixel purchase. I suspect if I get them from one of the...

Ok, this seems old, but a friend gave me his SanDevices RGB controller and Arches to fix. They weren't working. I figured out that the Arches are...

Calling all Renard users who run both AC and Pixels Been awhile since I ran my all AC christmas show via Xmus16 boards. What is the school of...

Happy 74th Birthday dirknerkle ! Hope you have a wonderful day, and very best wishes from everyone here at Do It Yourself Christmas.

I plan to add 102 6-pixel Peace Stakes to my display for this year. Everything I have read and viewed says to set them up "organically" rather than...

Happy 67th Birthday ErnieHorning ! Hope you have a wonderful day, and very best wishes from everyone here at Do It Yourself Christmas.

The Vixen Team is proud to announce the launch of our updated website. The new site has a more modern feel and is much easer to navigate. Much of the...

I'm seeing lots of pixels advertised as 18 AWG but the details state 32 or so strands at .11mm diameter. Researching and it looks like that is not...

I'm putting together a renard for the first time. What are the consequences if I reverse hot and neutral? Do I need to be paranoid about this? ...

I was going thru some old videos and ran back across this one from 5 years ago. Thought I would repost for some of the newbies as encouragement to...

I have an older prop, that I am thinking of upgrading. I had a prop that I built 4yr ago. That was all dumb nods with an 8-channel controller. I want...

I'm Buildind some BBB16 controller boards and they call for 220uf 50v radial caps and I have a lot of 220uf 25v on hand. Can I substitute 25v for 50v...

Hi I have a projector that natively has the resolution of 1280x800. When I plug my computer to it and play a video it looks great. But when I...

I am at the very beginning of planning/buying for this year. We have a one story house and planning for Megatree, roof outline and some yard stuff....

Sat we got to take the floats out for the first time in an actual parade. I was very happy how they performed, and it appears the crowds loved them....

I have a used Raspberry B+ I bought off of flea-bay last year. I tried to load FPP and I read that if I get to the login screen, you were done. ...

Hi, general question: is Vixen very good at DMX? I've got a show to do that's mostly DMX stage lights, with a little pixels mixed in. I like...

I have sent 3 emails to info@wiredwatts.com and I have not had a reply. I ordered a K8B with Beaglebone Black and have been successful in loading...

Happy 63rd Birthday critic2 ! Hope you have a wonderful day, and very best wishes from everyone here at Do It Yourself Christmas.

Happy Birthday kenoman742 ! Hope you have a wonderful day, and very best wishes from everyone here at Do It Yourself Christmas.

I flashed FPPv6.3 to a memory card and insirted into RPI ver3.5. Connected to my Tmobile router. At that point the FPP appeared on my network...

I have an F48v4 with 4 local ports and then 6x remote Smart Receivers that I'll use for placement of my lights. I'm building out all my props for...

I'm still working through a first time setup and decided when I built the controller that I would avoid putting heavy loads on the Falcon F48v4 (Long...

Hello, I am new to this hobby. I've done a lot of reading, but really it's just making my head swim. I am looking for someone who can guild me...

Is there a way to modify and existing element (polyline) to add more patch points to it? I have replaced my GECE 's with Pixabulbs so I went...

Just checking to see how folks are mounting their HP 1200 watt server power supplies to an enslosure? I don't see any mounting holes on the ones...

I've seen sales for brackets to stack Meanwell Power Supplies, but not for Generics. Since I don't own any Meanwells, can anyone tell me if the...

I have been using PB16's or a varent of it for several years now and really like them. A couple of years ago I made several of the BBB16's but have...

Happy 59th Birthday davdue ! Hope you have a wonderful day, and very best wishes from everyone here at Do It Yourself Christmas.

I have been designing circuit boards and electronics for myself as a hobby for many years, and now I would like to get into selling some light...