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[QUOTE="TerryK, post: 107547, member: 32169"] Welcome to ACL. If you have not already, I would suggest downloading a copy of the ACL 101 manual. If will answer quite a few questions and help get you started. I'm just getting started as well. I went with a small Falcon controller (F4V3), E1.31, and xLights. I have not played with xLights yet although I plan on running everything from a PC. The use of a rPi is also fairly common. I have a couple rPis but use them for other purposes. I'm sitting on the fence whether to use 5 or 12 volt LEDs. I have a string of each I'm still toying with. A relay board will only give you on/off control which will not work with any intelligent pixel strings such as a 2811. As such most individuals here are moving towards intelligent control of pixels in either strings or strips. Intelligent control gives one the ability to control each pixel's color and brightness. While a favorite controller seems to be a Falcon, there are some other nice competitor controllers. E1.31 seems to be growing in popularity over DMX although both are still widely used. Whether you use E1.31 or DMX will be determined by the controller you select and some controllers can support both. There are strings that can be driven from the rPi's GPIO pins but I don't remember if they are I2C. Adafruit or Pololu carries them I think. In the end it will come down to what you feel works best for you, what you are planning, and how do you anticipate growth in your project(s). [/QUOTE]
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