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way quicker and wires cant short out on each other Especially good when soldering stuff like seed pixels were you only have 20-40mm of thin wire to work with

Im a big fan of these as long as its something that can be done at a bench https://www.hansonelectronics.com.au/product/seedjoiner-v2/ (or the larger ones for bullets) No need for 3 small bits of heatshrink for each wire, just a one piece of 6mm gluelined 4:1

haha i know the feeling Second year doing it but at least doubled the pixel count + a large p5 matrix Placed by first orders in june? but only just going to be done in time! Extra time just gave time for more ideas and "you have plenty of time..."

20mm pvc pipe makes good frames for matrix etc

This is why i stopped buying 4 wire pixels unless they are pre made strings - so much extra effort having to test when making up strings IMO its not worth it. 3 wire is so much easier, if a pixel dies id prefer to just fix it and not have to worry about knowing which is data backup etc

Email ray direct for anything thats more than a tiny order - shipping is much cheaper and faster (UPS)

you can even get them made to custom sizes to suit your particular needs

Im running this topper printed in ABS - seed pixels will snap before the plastic breaks IMO https://sfl-designs.com/STL-File-8-Seed-Pixel-Topper-48-String-p722782019 Bullet pixels would be a no go though

dual signal are a fair bit of extra work when cutting and splicing as you either need to test correct line for out put when wiring or keep cuts to even numbers of pixels and not loose track of which is which data line I went back to regular 3 wire seeds as i didnt find it worth while especially...

+1 for siddament or Sunlu on ebay 10 rolls for price of 6 (can mix and match) + normally a 10-20% ebay sale

+1 for Baldrick 8 I started last year with one board, this year will be running 3. Baldrick8 does not daisy chain but you just use a network switch, the new 17 does though.

I mostly use ABS or ASA Have a few petg things outside that have seemed to last ok

I bought all mine from raywu - less than 2 weeks delivery from china and super cheap

yea ill post some up tomorrow

that was also only running at 50% brightness