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RGB Floods Revisited

Posted on June 23, 2013 by admin

A good 5 years ago I came up with my RGB PortaFloods. I have decided it is time to revisit the RGB Flood for Christmas 2013. Parts in use so far: 10W RGB High Power LED Panel 10 Watt Lamp … Continue reading →

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Hacking a Grinch Dimmer

Posted on February 10, 2013 by admin

I needed a Grinch dimmer fast and I wasn’t able to buy a PCB from RPM in a hurry, so I hacked one. So this is how I made it: next the Bottom – it isn’t as complicated or hard … Continue reading →

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A New Site, A new project

Posted on December 13, 2012 by admin

I have been Toying with a stand alone controller for some time. Two external factors have occur to push this a step closer. HLS – Joe Hinkle create the an excellent Free to Use sequencing software – Check it out … Continue reading →

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DMX Start Address

Posted on June 11, 2012 by admin

All my controllers and most other DMX controllers used in the Christmas Lights hobby don’t use switches to set the start address like most commercial applications.  As far as I can see, there are two main reasons for this: Our … Continue reading →

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P9813 demo

Posted on April 10, 2012 by admin

Finally got a chance to code a ATMega 88 to try out the P9813. P9813

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HOW TO: 3D 4ch RGB Stars

Posted on April 3, 2012 by admin

MikeH65 over at  DIYC.com posted a design for a 3d star. Check the thread here: New Star for my 2012 display 1 Design I had always intended to add more stars and Mike’s was the trigger to get on with … Continue reading →

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E31.1 DMX over Ethernet

Posted on January 28, 2012 by admin

Moving from multiple USB-2-DMX dongles to a system based on E31.1 components requires a bit of planning. I sorting the Ethernet side of this project pretty easily, by adding a basic Ethernet Switch. Decided it will be best to utilise … Continue reading →

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Single RGB strip controller

Posted on January 18, 2012 by admin

In order to replace the house outline with RGB strips, I need the ability to control individual strips. I still have way too many RGB Kittys made up so I decided to create a new shield for the kitty to … Continue reading →

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Editing Vixen 2.5 Profile

Posted on October 29, 2011 by admin

How To – Manually editing your Vixen 2.5 Profile by Matthew Edwards – 27/10/2011 As I added 3 universes this year I needed a way to create new profile outside of Vixen.  This How To details how I created the … Continue reading →

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HOW-TO: RGB Spinners

Posted on October 9, 2011 by admin

A fellow country man created what he called an RGB Spinner.  Check out his video here.  Also Barbotte ate DIYC.com made a similar unit using Frank’s SuperStrips.  You can check out his project here. I liked the idea concept, so … Continue reading →

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