Hi guys.
I am hoping this is the right section to ask this.
We are planning on laying a new driveway on the next few months at home. I was thinking about inserting perspex bricks in the driveway as decoration. Then I got to thinking a few weeks ago that it would be seriously cool to be able to light them at night. After that I think I might have let my imagination get the better of me which lead me here eventually. I was wondering if any of you would have any idea on what it would take to light up approximately 270 bricks. Ultimately I would like to be able control each brick individually for color and brightness etc. Apart from building my own LED mountain biking lights I have very little experience with LEDs but I have been a security technician for many years now and large stacks of cables, pcbs and channels don't phase me.
Any suggestions on where to start would be much appreciated. At the moment I have figured out how to make the holes in the concrete and how to keep the conduit in place while the concrete gets poured but the actual lights and how to control them individually is still a mystery to me. I also thought that it might be nice if I could trigger the lights to do one of a few things via inputs. For instance, the first car up the drive way the lights will chase (I think thats the right terminology) towards the first carpark. The second car tup the driveway will trigger a second input which then makes the lights chase to the second carpark. Well, thats just a thought for now.
Oh I thought that while I was at it I would also run additional conduit under the concrete for Christmas lighting shows etc so it might pay to be able to possible double or triple the amount of channels needed.
Regards
I am hoping this is the right section to ask this.
We are planning on laying a new driveway on the next few months at home. I was thinking about inserting perspex bricks in the driveway as decoration. Then I got to thinking a few weeks ago that it would be seriously cool to be able to light them at night. After that I think I might have let my imagination get the better of me which lead me here eventually. I was wondering if any of you would have any idea on what it would take to light up approximately 270 bricks. Ultimately I would like to be able control each brick individually for color and brightness etc. Apart from building my own LED mountain biking lights I have very little experience with LEDs but I have been a security technician for many years now and large stacks of cables, pcbs and channels don't phase me.
Any suggestions on where to start would be much appreciated. At the moment I have figured out how to make the holes in the concrete and how to keep the conduit in place while the concrete gets poured but the actual lights and how to control them individually is still a mystery to me. I also thought that it might be nice if I could trigger the lights to do one of a few things via inputs. For instance, the first car up the drive way the lights will chase (I think thats the right terminology) towards the first carpark. The second car tup the driveway will trigger a second input which then makes the lights chase to the second carpark. Well, thats just a thought for now.
Oh I thought that while I was at it I would also run additional conduit under the concrete for Christmas lighting shows etc so it might pay to be able to possible double or triple the amount of channels needed.
Regards