I'm ready to take the plunge, but am seriously flummoxed as to what better fits my needs.
The main goal is outline my roof, which would be approximately 16 meters, and shooting for a 60 pixel/m density with 12v ws2815 being my target. That keeps down power injection requirements to just the ends of each strip (hopefully). The first floor run of lights will start a meter or two away from the box itself with any luck, but the second floor will be 5-6 meters away if this presents an issues. I plan on expanding to yard items (megatree, arches, etc) later and just wanted to get the basics down for this year.
My first big question is Falcon or Pixlite? On paper, they appear to be very similar to a complete n00b like myself. Pixlite's "expanded mode" and overall enclosure aesthestics are very pleasing, but unless I go for the smaller PixLite 4 Rugged MkII, I'm spending USD $100 more for what looks like a very similar device (PixLite 16 Plug & Play MkII) compared to the Falcon f16v3. I plan on expanding to more lights in the future, but most likely to be other strips/nodes that start close(ish) to the box.
The main goal is outline my roof, which would be approximately 16 meters, and shooting for a 60 pixel/m density with 12v ws2815 being my target. That keeps down power injection requirements to just the ends of each strip (hopefully). The first floor run of lights will start a meter or two away from the box itself with any luck, but the second floor will be 5-6 meters away if this presents an issues. I plan on expanding to yard items (megatree, arches, etc) later and just wanted to get the basics down for this year.
My first big question is Falcon or Pixlite? On paper, they appear to be very similar to a complete n00b like myself. Pixlite's "expanded mode" and overall enclosure aesthestics are very pleasing, but unless I go for the smaller PixLite 4 Rugged MkII, I'm spending USD $100 more for what looks like a very similar device (PixLite 16 Plug & Play MkII) compared to the Falcon f16v3. I plan on expanding to more lights in the future, but most likely to be other strips/nodes that start close(ish) to the box.