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    The new pixel floats are done

    Thank you all. If these interest you I did a talk about Driveable Parade Floats View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAQnT8OBQVo
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    Famous people with CLAP (your lights on TV or popular websites, etc)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkwhEi9gTJ4
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    The new pixel floats are done

    These are just test videos to show the new owners what's coming their way. I only put a single butterfly effect on them but they are fully programmable using xLights. Each has a Pi and an M4-Pi and a music box. They are not the same as my personal lighted floats View...
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    Had some fun last night

    I haven't been here in a long time because I stopped doing displays. So I thought I would show up with what I am doing now. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o07oIhvl88Q YouTube kinda blurred the video and I can't figure out how to post the original because it's pretty big I am in...
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    Good bye to all you good people

    Since I have gone dark with my display and since I am paring down my computer time on the net, I have decided that I don't contribute much here so this is one of my places to let go of. It has been a pleasure over the years, and what little time I have spent here was fun. I will miss this...
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    Restrict DC-DC buck to 5v

    I was asked which I used. Here is a small list on this page.. there are a lot more on the web site and there are also many other sellers. A lot of them already have over voltage protection. They also have over current protection which saves me an inline fuse many times...
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    Restrict DC-DC buck to 5v

    I just saw this thread and thought I would jump in.. 1st off, I have used over 60 Buck converters in my display and I have only had one failure and it just shut down never over voltage that I am aware of. It took nothing out with it. If you don't cheap out and try to use the $1 version you...
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    Pixel Data Splitter

    I used a few of them last year and they were great! saved me a ton of wiring and mini amps..
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    What is the future of Christmas lighting? An open discussion... continued!

    YES.. they were a hit along with my 8' tall singing faces in the 50' redwoods.. (kids loved those)..
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    What is the future of Christmas lighting? An open discussion... continued!

    Ya know.. I did that year off thing last year.. people found out it was back in about a week and they came by the thousands. I couldn't down size the front.. just not in my nature.. ha ha.. I will do the back yard for private family and friends.. that will be all from now on.. But thanks for...
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    What is the future of Christmas lighting? An open discussion... continued!

    I don't have the answers for you all of course, but for me, this was my last year out front for public view. We only ran 9 days this Dec and had a bit over 6000 visitors.... The traffic has become unmanageable for us. It took us 6 volunteers this year and we had a hard time keeping it under...
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    Update on the animatronic Snowman Orchestra

    I am so happy with the snowman orchestra "The Snow Globes" this year.. They worked every time just as they should.. They showed up and performed 7 times every hour for every single night we played. The only "hiccup" was that a few of the foam snow flakes that were on the middle sash came off...
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    Update on the animatronic Snowman Orchestra

    On the first page there is a dropbox link with pics. I have not made a how to video. I was way far behind this year so I just put it all together quickly without thinking about making any info video.. I might make something when they come down but I don't think you can buy the snowmen...
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    2017 shows.. how is everyone doing?

    My story is a bit long.. LOL So far this year.. I was WAY behind getting everything to the point where the display was ready for prime time. I had the idea about the animatronic snowman orchestra two year ago, but could not figure out how to make the outer skin. (I'm not artistic in the...
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