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Gilbert Engineering Snowflake XLS450 Questions
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[QUOTE="merryoncherry, post: 125751, member: 37249"] 1. They go on two of the inner 6 points, the two where the matching zip tie holes are. If your flake is split so it folds in half, these will straighten and strengthen it. (Probably it is the points where the coro is aligned with the flake radial.) 2a. If you are OK with 20FPS, Falcon will do 1024 pixels per port. If you want 40FPS, the good controllers tend to handle only 600-700 (4 universes / 680 pixels is popular). Good for you that it is only 450 pixels, so from a data perspective 1 port is going to be fine on any controller I can think of except Alphapix. 2b. Power. You might test your pixels first, without putting it in the prop! For power, I'm going to make the assumption you're using the modern wimpier resistor 12V pixels. If not, disregard, as 12V regulated and 5V are going to be different (need more injection points generally). What I would do personally is run power over the data connection to the prop, and loop the string back to an injection T on the same controller port. This will work reasonably well at full white, just a wee bit dim; if you have a power issue you just attach a second controller port to the T at the far end of the string. This leaves only ~225 pixels powered by each port, enough to get really good full white over 50' from the controller. So... why mess with a special injection wire when the controller port is a lot more versatile. But if you really do need that, then screw in an injection T in the middle of the prop where the strings connect together, and inject even more power there. [/QUOTE]
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