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[QUOTE="Mark_M, post: 100908, member: 29098"] Hello Terry, I thought you would like the idea of making those "dumb string" boards, I’m in a similar situation of having non-addressable lights to control. My Setup 2018 I simply used 3 Arduino Mega’s as a USB controller and that didn't work out, mostly because of Vixen not working properly. Which is why I’m going to take the plunge and switch to pixels. There's nothing wrong with using an Arduino for this, it just was a terrible experience having to sit behind the computer and reboot Vixen when it just stopped sending serial for no reason even with me spending a fair bit on USB over ethernet (active) adapters. I'm planning on buying an F48 simply because it seems like a better idea to have a differential board where each of my controllers usually sit and have the mainboard inside even though my friend hates me because it misses out of so many other types of pixels (chip set). I know what you mean about using store bought lights, it annoys me how they have a series sets in reverse polarity to save on an extra wire and requiring something like an H bridge. I stay away from store bought lights and purchase battery powered “seed” lights off eBay. The only reason I’m making my own boards is because I’ve made the transistor boards all ready from scratch (photo etching method and drilling every hole) and because I’m on a teen agers budget, my parents only pay the power. I'm not driving RGB strips, it's just an easy way to control my existing lights with this new system. Most strings are low power enough to connect straight to a pixel node board, so I might not even need to convert these transistor boards. Thanks, Mark [/QUOTE]
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