Hi all, I've finally got my WS2812b strips and can put them to use!
I built my mega tree (well, more of a 'medium' tree as it's only 2m tall) using 20mm Conduit into some 45mm PVC pipe at the bottom. The tops have been screwed to a strip of aluminium bent in a slight arc.
The strips are 60p/m I bought in 4m lengths, cut in half and looped over. Each 4m is driven by my Arduino based pixel controller - These ones are actually generic Arduino+Ethernet but the final revision will be using ENC28J60 Ethernet modules with Pro Minis. I just happened to have enough of the wiznet based ones around.
I'll be posting my complete code for both the Wiznet and ENC28J60 Ethernet modules very soon.
View: http://youtu.be/h0Cqzan1uDU
Also - Some dumb RGB spots I made up - The halogen spots were $10ea from Bunnings, gutted them and replaced with 2 X 3w RGB leds in each. Total cost is only about $13 each and are perfect for lighting up garage doors etc.
I built my mega tree (well, more of a 'medium' tree as it's only 2m tall) using 20mm Conduit into some 45mm PVC pipe at the bottom. The tops have been screwed to a strip of aluminium bent in a slight arc.
The strips are 60p/m I bought in 4m lengths, cut in half and looped over. Each 4m is driven by my Arduino based pixel controller - These ones are actually generic Arduino+Ethernet but the final revision will be using ENC28J60 Ethernet modules with Pro Minis. I just happened to have enough of the wiznet based ones around.
I'll be posting my complete code for both the Wiznet and ENC28J60 Ethernet modules very soon.
View: http://youtu.be/h0Cqzan1uDU
Also - Some dumb RGB spots I made up - The halogen spots were $10ea from Bunnings, gutted them and replaced with 2 X 3w RGB leds in each. Total cost is only about $13 each and are perfect for lighting up garage doors etc.