Controllers. What to buy?

Yes. Eventually, I hope to get the 5V stuff separated to one receiver. I bought a Genius receiver until I can get the Falcon Differential expansion card and receivers that I want. My yard is so spread out, that I’ll probably use 2 Differential expansion cards and 8 receivers, but Mega Trees and a lot of other props will have to wait for another year.
 
cslampman said:
...to build a power supply box that I'll piggy back on the main box, so I can switch between 5V and 12V, depending on how I design my light show. I did...
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You might consider configuring the Falcon for external power and give it its own supply. It wouldn't need to be a very large one. The advantage is that if you are switching between 5 and 12 volt systems there would be less worry feeding 12 volts to the Falcon if/when set up for 5 Volt. The V1 and V2 connectors on the Falcon can run at different voltages; only the V- is common between them. Logistically, little to no reconfiguration of the controller enclosure when changing to a different voltage.
 
cslampman said:
Thanks for all of the input. I decided to go with a Falcon16V3 controller. I plan to build a power supply box that I'll piggy back on the main box, so I can switch between 5V and 12V, depending on how I design my light show. I did order a Genius receiver, just so I can play with more of the features of the Falcon controller. Reading only gets me so far, and I want to get more hands on experience. Expansion boards are in short supply, so I got what I could.

I found the 5' LED trees from Walmart, that were regularly priced at $150 for $37 each, so I bought 4 of them after Christmas. They are the reason I was looking at 5VDC options. DrZzs on Youtube has a good video where he connected the same trees to his DigiUno using wLED.
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after using both the falcons and the genius controllers which one did you like using best overall?
 
brainfever said:
after using both the falcons and the genius controllers which one did you like using best overall?
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Genius is easy to setup, but fewer configuration options. I like the Kulp’s and Genius’ better than the Falcon. I’ve got a Falcon V4, 5 Geniuses and 5 Kulps—plus assorted ESP32 based controllers. Honestly, they’re all about the same.
 
My controllers at the moment are all Falcons. My thing is that I like to standardize to make things easier for swapping out and troubleshooting. I will be adding in the Baldrics next year to handle clusters of props so I do not have to run so many extensions and I'd prefer not to use receivers, like I am today.

I did start with a Dig-Uno and Quad to learn with and then moved onto a more standard controller.
 
Indigogyre said:
My controllers at the moment are all Falcons. My thing is that I like to standardize to make things easier for swapping out and troubleshooting. I will be adding in the Baldrics next year to handle clusters of props so I do not have to run so many extensions and I'd prefer not to use receivers, like I am today.

I did start with a Dig-Uno and Quad to learn with and then moved onto a more standard controller.
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Yea. Standardization is good. In my new house, I’m going to do more long range stuff. Will likely use Genius or Kulp
 
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