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[QUOTE="Merlin, post: 121773, member: 35675"] Consider the HE-123 Mk2 from Hanson Electronics. It’s a very capable option - it has 16 outputs onboard (expandable to 48 like the Falcon) and each can support 800px @40fps or 1600px @20fps, which is very similar to F16V. It needs a Beaglebone Black (or Green as a slightly cheaper alternative) single board computer, but both HE-123 and BBB will total about $200 AUD together. Best part is that HE-123 is Australian designed, can be bought locally and shipped cheaply to you at $21 express post! [USER=543]@AAH[/USER] operates Hanson Electronics and is on this forum. I’ve just started on this hobby myself a few weeks ago, and have gone through the same thought process as you. I started out convinced that I wanted an F16V4 with 12V WS2811 Ray Wu pixels and Meanwell power supply(s) - admittingly influenced by the many American YouTube vids that we all watch. I’ve landed on a HE-123 Mk2 and locally sourced 5V SCOTT LED pixels. This is due to a few reasons: [LIST] [*]Learnt that F16V4s are near impossible to find in Australian in 2021 (and much too expensive to ship in from the States) [*]12V WS2811s require less wiring effort, but require more than TWICE the number of power supply units (PSU) for the same number of pixels (for e.g. a 350W PSU will support up to 1,240 12v pixels, or 2,975 5v pixels, both at 30% intensity). There is no colour/brightness difference if you do power injection correctly; [*]Being in oz, there are no locally available off-the-shelf kits with everything you need… the ones in the US are expensive and pretty limited anyway (you may not want them in the longer term) - it works out much cheaper and effective to build your own setup; [*]I’d like something to show for Xmas 2021. If you’re not targeting an xmas 2021 show and are happy to wait, then it’ll be cheaper to import your components from China, otherwise you’ve got little time left and your best bet is to source locally (be warned though - local suppliers are short on inventory too, as many are waiting on China stock procured WEEKS ago). Here are suppliers that I’ve been buying from: [URL]http://www.hansonelectronics.com.au/[/URL] [URL]https://www.extremelightingdisplays.com.au/[/URL] [URL]https://www.lightitupleds-xmas.com.au/[/URL] [URL]https://piptree-designs-108285.square.site/product/Mega-Tree/57[/URL] [*]I’ve been able to source the following locally, to get me started… I’m certain that you still can too: [LIST] [*]HE-123 Mk2 controller, Beaglebone Black; [*]1,200 5v WS811 pixels (so far); [*]1x 350W 5V SCOTT LED power supply unit; [*]Hexfuse (to distribute and fuse the PSU power for power injection); [*]Pixel pliers; [*]3pin pigtails for pixel controller outputs; [*]2pin pigtails for power injection; [*]A couple of null pixel buffers; (just in case I need to extend strings over longer distance) [*]Weatherproof box and glands to store and protect the controller and PSU; [*]1,000 small cable ties; [*]cable tie gun. [/LIST] [*]FWIW, my first goal is a mega tree so additionally, I’ve bought a star, tree topper, node strips, pole, hook bolts, base etc. I’ve also bought a few boscoyo coro decorations as a plan B, in case I can’t get my tree up in time! [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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