Recent content by Paul Reinhardt

@scamper, thanks for the follow up! That's interesting. I've made some animated Halloween props in the past with Arduino, pneumatic actuators, etc. Not having any background, I've found trying to figure out electricity is a lot harder than I had imagined. I imagine the two power inputs that...

Answered my own question. After I added a common ground between the two power supplies, it worked perfectly. Probably a rookie mistake. but you have to admit, that's some strange and unexpected behavior for simply not having the grounds connected! :oops: Here's a good article that helped me...

Hi all, This is my first year putting together a light display. Everything is working great except for the mega tree. Here's a (really bad quality) video of the problem I'm seeing. View: https://www.facebook.com/HobbiesMostly/videos/427943297891359/ This happens whenever the controller is...