Hello hello from a neighbour in South Africa

[Jaaks]

Hi there
I found DIY Christmas a while back and love it.
Then I found you guys and love you lot too.
Very nice documentation you have and will give me lots of reading to get into it all.
First question:
What is cheapest 5m rgb led addressable (intelligent) light strip I can get with good (hopefully free) postage to build a mega tree. Will need between 12 and 16 strips but only need 1 or two to get going.
Oh and I do not have controllers yet either.
Using a arduino with 32 channel at the moment. (Very nice but time to up my game alot into the pixel world!)

 

[firebug]

Welcome to ACL Jaaks... 8)

 

[DeeJai]

Welcome aboard, im sure we can help you move further and further into the land of blinky

 

[greg58]

Welcome to ACL Jaaks

 

[kel]

 

[fasteddy]

Welcome to ACL, lots of great advice and people here so enjoy the forum

As far as strip for a tree then these strips are commonly used.

12vdc
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/5m-led-digital-strip-DC12V-input-WS2811IC-256-scale-10pcs-IC-and-30pcs-5050-SMD-RGB/701799_568458133.html

5vdc
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/5m-WS2811-LED-digital-strip-60leds-m-with-30pcs-WS2811-built-in-the-5050-smd-rgb/701799_653641294.html

As far as postage then we will email Ray with a list of parts we want so he can then combine the shipping cost and we then pay through Pay Pal

 

[dale82]

Welcome to ACL Jaaks

 

[Charl Marais]

Welcome Jaaks, glad to have another South African on here. Now we are starting to gather enough locals to have our own mini

 

[Bird]

to ACL Jaaks
Even with some of the links a little dated, if you haven't found it yet, the AusChristmasLighting 101 manual is a great resource for RGB and much more.