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El Light Costume
Our daughter’s youth group decided to have a party one evening and requested the girls came as Disney characters. On Wednesday night Rose announced she wanted to go as on Quora of Tron. That night I found a close seller … Continue reading
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DC Power Distribution
With a lot of decentralized controllers, I need to run both DMX and power to a lot of places. Some times it is convenient to daisy-chain the power, others is is best to run a separate feed from the Power … Continue reading
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RGB + Strobes Mini Tree
Let me say first and foremost, I am still trying to find good uses for RGB strip lights out on the display and not against a flat surface or tacked up under an alcove. This is another attempt. Some time … Continue reading
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RGB Kittys
Back in 2007 I stumbled across a house decoration that had fading RGB lanterns high lighting a path to the front porch. John Chapman of Engineering Solutions Inc Developed a suite id LED Based RGB Pixel projects/products. the one that … Continue reading
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Falling Icicles
Falling Icicles made their debut in my area 2009. Initially they were hideously expensive and hard to find. But secretly I always knew I would get some. Then least year Big-W / K Mart started sell small falling Icicles sets … Continue reading
8 Channel RGB LED Flexible Strip Controller
My leaping arches were a disaster this year. originally constructed by cutting 36″ lengths of white rope light that was bent back on itself, to form a 18 section, about 8 of the 32 sections failed to turn on! So … Continue reading
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HOW-TO: Soldering SOIC devices by hand
Soldering SOIC devices by hand Continue reading
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DMX Load
A fair number of controllers have DMX loads built in. I don’t use them. I am always worried id leave a load jumpered when I extend the DMX line further out. Either way you need to get to remember to … Continue reading
TOT – Reflow Oven
I have a small 7litre oven that works a treat for Reflow of small boards. I recently upgraded to a 20 litre oven with two element top and bottom. Rated at 1500Watts, there is able power to heat the area. … Continue reading
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4Channel Dmx DC Controller
I have a couple of RPM’s 4ch AC DMX SSRs. They are a great concept for when you need a small channel count in a remote part of your display. I predominantly use LEDs for displays. This means DC is … Continue reading
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