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[QUOTE="swampgator352, post: 117498, member: 35108"] First-timer here and I am getting ready to place my first order in preparation of a light display this Christmas. My main goal for this year is to start relatively small, but give myself enough flexibility to expand in future years. I would love to get some feedback from the group before I place a big order to help me catch any costly beginner mistakes. Thanks so much in advance! This year I am planning to mostly do some outlining of the roof, windows, porch etc. Altogether I am anticipating to cover roughly 2,000 linear inches. For spacing, I was thinking about ordering 4 inches between nodes, but spacing them at 3 inches using mounting strips attached to pvc/emt conduit. I am comparing the cost of pixels on Ray Wu's aliexpress store and one thing that is puzzling to me is that I can order a 500 node continuous string for $88USD or 1,000 nodes in 20 strands of 50 ct for $270USD. From what I can tell, other than one being a continuous strand these are nearly identical products. It would be significantly more cost-effective to order the continuous string. I feel like I must be missing something? I feel like December is already quickly approaching, so I would like to start ordering/gathering my supplies ASAP. With all that being said, I am planning to order around 700 pixels, pixel mounting strip, 2 Meanwell LRS-350-12 power supply units, a Falcon F16v3 controller, and raspberry pi (to run FPP). At this point, I'm a little bit unclear on whether I will need a network switch/router as well. I know that I will need some supplies to build an enclosure for the PSU's and controllers, but was assuming that I would be able to source those closer to Christmas. I would love to hear any thoughts or advice on anything I might be overlooking or if I'm going way overboard on something. Again, many thanks! [/QUOTE]
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