spazmanaught
Apprentice elf
Hi everyone,
Just starting off and I've got a few questions to help me plan how I go with the set up this year.
I've started off and got some ESP8266 Nodemcu V3's using Wled. I found these very easy to flash and connect to my network (I've assigned static IP's to all of the nodes). One question in regards to these, I started with the ESP12's (CH340) as a start but wanted to know if it's worth going for the ESP32's for the extra memory etc? I've also decided to go down the 12v path and have just got some WS8215's in 144 pixels p/m IP67 variant. So far they have been looking great and I plan on getting these up everywhere. My main question on this is (for those in Oz and particularly Sydney) I have a colourbond roof facing west and in summer when the temps hit 40c+ I imagine the roof, with radiant heat from the colourbond is getting pretty toasty. How do you mount the pixel strips and protect them from the heat? I'll also be putting the nodes (in cases) and the power supplies in the roof. I'm a little blessed I have a cousin who is a sparkie and he's agreed to do all the wiring for me so that should help.
I've created a couple arches with some clear pipping and PVC pieces and they are working pretty good. I plan on doing a tree which looks to me to be the most technical. I've got an old dumb led tree from this year that I might just use the frame to support the strips. Not sure on this yet. I've also planned a few stars which I'll make with some timber cut outs. I found on a uTube video a few other little ideas I might have a crack at with the left overs.
I've been using xLights with a couple WS2815 12v strips. So far I've found this software pretty easy to use and it talks to the nodes without issue. My question on xLights is how do you set up a few sequences to run back to back. I've imported a few and tweaked them to my layout but can't see how you can run them back to back?
Here's my first test with it all when I got them (just one strip I wanted to see if I could get it going). This got me motivated to go further
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuzex0Ll3Bc
Just starting off and I've got a few questions to help me plan how I go with the set up this year.
I've started off and got some ESP8266 Nodemcu V3's using Wled. I found these very easy to flash and connect to my network (I've assigned static IP's to all of the nodes). One question in regards to these, I started with the ESP12's (CH340) as a start but wanted to know if it's worth going for the ESP32's for the extra memory etc? I've also decided to go down the 12v path and have just got some WS8215's in 144 pixels p/m IP67 variant. So far they have been looking great and I plan on getting these up everywhere. My main question on this is (for those in Oz and particularly Sydney) I have a colourbond roof facing west and in summer when the temps hit 40c+ I imagine the roof, with radiant heat from the colourbond is getting pretty toasty. How do you mount the pixel strips and protect them from the heat? I'll also be putting the nodes (in cases) and the power supplies in the roof. I'm a little blessed I have a cousin who is a sparkie and he's agreed to do all the wiring for me so that should help.
I've created a couple arches with some clear pipping and PVC pieces and they are working pretty good. I plan on doing a tree which looks to me to be the most technical. I've got an old dumb led tree from this year that I might just use the frame to support the strips. Not sure on this yet. I've also planned a few stars which I'll make with some timber cut outs. I found on a uTube video a few other little ideas I might have a crack at with the left overs.
I've been using xLights with a couple WS2815 12v strips. So far I've found this software pretty easy to use and it talks to the nodes without issue. My question on xLights is how do you set up a few sequences to run back to back. I've imported a few and tweaked them to my layout but can't see how you can run them back to back?
Here's my first test with it all when I got them (just one strip I wanted to see if I could get it going). This got me motivated to go further
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuzex0Ll3Bc