So I drop in here every year.... to get ideas to add to my display....
Every year I want to expand my mega tree into a live showcase of pixels and create some animations, but each year decide against because of time and cost... So this year I have decided its time to dip my toe into the world of pixels by creating some arches...
I seem to have read everything here - and I am technical so I am good with the software / hardware - wiring up etc... But being late to the game, I cant find the simple answers...
what software is best to use to program pixels, and how do you go about defining the layout of the pixels, so you can set a nice sequence...
ie. If each of my arch had say 100 pixels, how do I set that up in software, and there might be 3 or 4 of them in the chain... As opposed to someone else having 90 pixels for an arch...
Is it simply wire them up, and define it in the software that the start is pixel 1 and end is pixel 90 and that is a group - say A, Group B is say pixel 91 to 180 etc... So in effect when I start to play to program them, I really need to identify which led lights up and group them ?
As I say - good on the co0nstructiuon, good technically, but having not used it before, I am wondering about how you configure the groups / sets and would like to play with the software to give it a try....
Every year I want to expand my mega tree into a live showcase of pixels and create some animations, but each year decide against because of time and cost... So this year I have decided its time to dip my toe into the world of pixels by creating some arches...
I seem to have read everything here - and I am technical so I am good with the software / hardware - wiring up etc... But being late to the game, I cant find the simple answers...
what software is best to use to program pixels, and how do you go about defining the layout of the pixels, so you can set a nice sequence...
ie. If each of my arch had say 100 pixels, how do I set that up in software, and there might be 3 or 4 of them in the chain... As opposed to someone else having 90 pixels for an arch...
Is it simply wire them up, and define it in the software that the start is pixel 1 and end is pixel 90 and that is a group - say A, Group B is say pixel 91 to 180 etc... So in effect when I start to play to program them, I really need to identify which led lights up and group them ?
As I say - good on the co0nstructiuon, good technically, but having not used it before, I am wondering about how you configure the groups / sets and would like to play with the software to give it a try....