Recent content by Iain

Thanks Merry, I bought the bulk of mine in the early 23 pre buy, then another bunch in late 23 off Ali, which were probably leftover dud stock. It’s encouraging to hear that’s not going to happen again. Unfortunately I’d have to throw the whole lot and buy again. I don’t have the money for that...

I’ve been watching you for a while mate, those numbers inspire me! I met a guy in Darwin who excitedly told me about his regular visits to your place once he knew I was setting up the Blinky. I have to ask, how have you had so few failures? Do you have existing stock of better quality than...

Both me and the pixels... By the end of 2023, the weather was stinking hot and humid, and I was sick of splicing and replacing dead pixels. I had spent so much time and energy on my first big show that I couldn't look at anything Christmas lights related. Water was obviously getting into most...

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That’s an awesome star on the top of your house, is that a custom design?

Given most of my pixel failures (not from Shiji) were obvious epoxy problems and water ingress, the shorter bullet seems counter-productive.

We were talking about a potential Darwin mini coinciding with the Sydney mini so we could zoom in to your talks…

There’s a few ways of doing it. You can buy COB LEDs which are designed for 120/240V AC and also those designed for 12/24/36 etc V DC. The DC ones need a driver. You can buy a “constant current” driver (or build, but I never understood them well enough) or a constant voltage driver. I bought a 4...