Tag Archives: DMX

RGB Floods Revisited

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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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

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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

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DMX Dongles

I have used two DMX Dongles for my Christmas lights: Enttec Open USB widget RPMs USB DMX Pro The Enttec Open work great but was subject to a fair amount of abuse and kept blowing the RS-485 driver chip. RPM … Continue reading

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Controller Design – 48ch DMX DC controller

I just love it when things all come together!  My mega tree will consist of 16 Red, Green and Blue LEDs Strings 4 meters long.  They were purchased towards the end of last years season from Big -W.  Members on … Continue reading

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DMX Mega Break out PCB

Why Bother? When prototyping new DMX controllers a lot of the time is spent wiring up similar connections all the time, like the USART for RS-485 driver and an ISP connector, to program the uC.  This is where my DMX … Continue reading

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