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Hello Fellow DIYers Its now September and Christmas is quickly approaching. I am organizing The 16th annual DIYC ChristmasCard Swap and am seeking...

Hello Lighting People, I decided to dive into the deep end of lighting and construct a holiday lighting setup with a controller. I recently...

Hi So I upload from xlights a fseq file to my Lolin d32 pro. If I select, in the UI my fseq file, it runs perfectly. (On pin 2) When I play...

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

I'm confused about something: on my Renards (even SS24's), I have never had a problem with small lights never completely shutting off. My DMX...

I have an aborvitae tree that has outgrown the Twinkly lights i use on it. Thinking of buying several pixel strips and tie them at the top and fan...

I have one of these cheap lighting desks, a few years old now: Lastnight when I powered up my garden lights, all the lights flickered (like they...

I've been working on a project using the ESP8266 in which I was trying to read data into the RAM at a 2MByte/s rate. I noticed that there are slight...

There is a new Weave effect coming to this year's Vixen release. See the video for a preview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmC0ZrT3ceE

Hi all, I've recently decided to try out some of the 'pebble' pixels on some of my old fold-up metal tree props. These are currently incan trees and...

I have a Forkneye ES pixel stick v3 that I haven't used for several years. My wifi has changed since then. I downloaded the firmware zip from. The...

I'm using xlights 2023.13 and a window model for my front door. I've used this setup for a few years without issue but this year when using the...

This looks bad but we are waiting for the worsts to come around dark. Only rain and light wind so far. That blue dot is My location.

Hey all, So I bought into trim for icicles where I can pop pixels into some coro. My question is how to wire up the pixel strings. I can brut...

Plese Help I did use the led calculator online, and it looks like I need 12v 37.74a 452.88w. If I did it right. I am not sure if this will...

This is real weird. FOUR different controllers, multiple sets of WS2811 pixels, some new, tested, and never used. Some older working strings,...

Finding it hard to keep up with the yearly show, I have decided to hang it up. Please let me know if you are interested in any or all of the...

Used Coro Snowflakes for sale There are 14 total made up of 5 patterns: 11 are approx 22" across 3 are approx 16" across Most are from...

I have an ESPixelStick v3.0 board running v3.2 firmware. Works great! I have been seeing for a while posts mentioning v4 ESPixelStick, is that...

Hi all im hope someone can help me sort my problem I have made 63 peace stakes with 7 pixel on each stake, model all in xlights 63 single strings...

Hello, My parents are no longer able to do a display. They moved out of state and my father recently passed. So Im trying to sell their...

Just sprucing up last years sequences that played without a problem. Most are fine but when this is Halloween video starts, the preview window...

I wanted to replace the null Pixel LEDs in my long run with a Non-LED signal repeater. I see there are null pixel buffers (see pic) but I think they...

This will be my first year running anything DC. I have 2 Meanwell LRS 150 24 power supplies I need to mount and enclose. I have a spare Cable Guard...

I have a massive ornament that I am in the process of making. I need 1600ft of led lights, to wrap around the structure. Does anybody know where I...

I have a simple DMX to PWM output controller, which internally uses a microprocessor and 3 x ICs on a serial chain. I checked out the signal paths...

Hey all, Im Struggling to find a mounting solution for bullet pixels on the vertical corners of my house outline. I am not opposed to the 1/2? PVC...

Is there a guide or video to show how it is done? 1st time working with V3 and pixels. I have a custom prop made from low cost RGB pixel strips that...

New to RGB and adding a PX1 controller with 6 20W RGB floods to my show this year. Trying to test and getting odd results, which I am sure are due...

Does WanyeJ still sell the kits? I have been away for a year building a new house(just to decorate..lol) and am going to need way more channels than...