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Today, 12:38 PM

FishKing replied to a thread My 9' - 360 degree tree build in Mega Trees

Do you like the 360 design or do you think a 270 setup would be better. Some say that the 360 back lights interfere with the effects of the front...

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Today, 12:16 PM

MartinMueller2003 replied to a thread Megatree power configuration and F16v3 in Power/Electric

While I also run some of my props at less than 100% brightness, I was always taught (in my EE classes) that you have to design for worst case (aka...

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Today, 12:07 PM

2k05gt replied to a thread How can I control 6 WS2812B Light Strips that are in different locations in Arduino

I ordered the ones you use, Any good sources on how to get it setup?

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Today, 12:06 PM

MartinMueller2003 replied to a thread How can I control 6 WS2812B Light Strips that are in different locations in Arduino

The one thing missing in the readme is telling people to use the Arduino IDE to download the board support packages using the library manager. ...

6 replies | 165 view(s)

Today, 11:19 AM

Wayne J replied to a thread Happy Birthday relic1882 in The Lounge

Happy birthday!

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Today, 11:18 AM

Wayne J replied to a thread Happy Birthday ErnieHorning in The Lounge

Happy birthday Ernie!

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Today, 10:32 AM

rayhjr replied to a thread Adding singing face to Mega tree or matrix in V3 How do I...?

Here are a few that I have. Do a internet search or look in xLights google drive, or different forums for additional faces. This is a Vixen3 Video.

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Today, 08:26 AM

Aurbo99 replied to a thread Happy Birthday ErnieHorning in The Lounge

Happy Birthday Ernie!

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Today, 08:05 AM

Stormyblade replied to a thread And now for something completely different. in 3D Printers/CNC and supporting technology

With my extensive background and training as an electronics technician, both in the US Navy and at Intel, I know more than enough about electricity...

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Today, 06:05 AM

Macrosill started a thread Happy Birthday ErnieHorning in The Lounge

Happy 65th Birthday ErnieHorning ! Hope you have a wonderful day, and very best wishes from everyone here at Do It Yourself Christmas.

2 replies | 27 view(s)

Today, 12:44 AM

dim bulb replied to a thread Megatree power configuration and F16v3 in Power/Electric

My first 2 years i ran at 100%, a week left 8n my second year, I took some advice and turned it down to 35% and never tur ed it back up.

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Today, 12:33 AM

angus40 replied to a thread Ws 2811 Ws 2812 or ApA 106 in a straw hat in Pixels and Pixel controllers

It appears that a 75R is required on each Di also.

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Today, 12:26 AM

2k05gt replied to a thread How can I control 6 WS2812B Light Strips that are in different locations in Arduino

After I unzip the files into the Arduino Library folder and run the software I get these errors, Invalid library found in...

6 replies | 165 view(s)

Yesterday, 08:49 PM

mr fix replied to a thread New Windows in Tools and Equipment

i have them permanent on the house used pvc trim and white pex 1/2 and made it part of the trim work. i have a post on...

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Yesterday, 08:44 PM

MartinMueller2003 replied to a thread And now for something completely different. in 3D Printers/CNC and supporting technology

I would end up blowing up my house. I will stick to lights.

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Yesterday, 08:20 PM

MartinMueller2003 replied to a thread How can I control 6 WS2812B Light Strips that are in different locations in Arduino

The software is at: https://github.com/forkineye/ESPixelStick/tree/unify I use the LoLin ESP32 pro. That external antenna really pushes up the...

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Yesterday, 08:16 PM

Reddy_Kilowatt started a thread And now for something completely different. in 3D Printers/CNC and supporting technology

Good thing I'm busy building props in the off season.:razz: Cool, but i think I'll leave this one alone. https://youtu.be/qsvpU7G5IJg ...

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Yesterday, 05:32 PM

tomas041857 started a thread Adding singing face to Mega tree or matrix in V3 How do I...?

I was wondering how to add singing faces to a mega tree or matrix? Is there any where I can get the pictures of faces with the different mouth...

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Yesterday, 04:10 PM

2k05gt replied to a thread How can I control 6 WS2812B Light Strips that are in different locations in Arduino

I can only find this card ESP32 LoRa SD Card or This one ESP32 ESP-WROOM-32 SD Card ESPPixelStick-Master ?? in the Readme for...

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Yesterday, 03:02 PM

kockie replied to a thread Lowrider2 build in 3D Printers/CNC and supporting technology

The mpcnc uses a RAMPS board with dual endstops. I like that feature a lot. I ordered a couple of 6-pack boards. Shipping from the US to the...

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Yesterday, 01:55 PM

davideemccann replied to a thread Would an OLSEN be able to control some of the DC SSR's ? in Olsen 595

thanks for this post, my problem has been fixed too.

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Yesterday, 10:39 AM

algerdes replied to a thread Megatree power configuration and F16v3 in Power/Electric

Many years ago ("ancient" in DIYC time) we ran the display at 100%. Actually had people tell us it was a great display, but "could you dim the...

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Yesterday, 07:39 AM

wilmar replied to a thread Lowrider2 build in 3D Printers/CNC and supporting technology

What controller did. You use ? I got the black box motion controller Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Yesterday, 07:29 AM

MartinMueller2003 replied to a thread How can I control 6 WS2812B Light Strips that are in different locations in Arduino

I would use ESP32 modules with built in SD card readers for all of the strips. Then use ESPixelStick V4 (aka Unify) software. With that combination...

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Yesterday, 05:09 AM

Macrosill started a thread Happy Birthday relic1882 in The Lounge

Happy 39th Birthday relic1882 ! Hope you have a wonderful day, and very best wishes from everyone here at Do It Yourself Christmas.

1 replies | 57 view(s)

Yesterday, 03:07 AM

kockie replied to a thread Lowrider2 build in 3D Printers/CNC and supporting technology

Yes, i built an mpcnc 2 years ago. Did a lot of woodwork and foamwork with it. It turned out quite big and a little too floppy, so I want to build a...

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Yesterday, 12:21 AM

2k05gt started a thread How can I control 6 WS2812B Light Strips that are in different locations in Arduino

How can I control WS2812B Light Strips that are in different locations, I have back yard setup with a pool, Gazebo, Deck, and so on the Gazebo has 3...

6 replies | 165 view(s)

Yesterday, 12:07 AM

2k05gt replied to a thread Ideas on how to control lights via WIFI from a relay in Other Hardware

I was not really looking at cheap, I Race cars, and there is a saying that you can only have two out of three criterias in Race Car building 1)...

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