Looking at the strip I would say it was every other hole originally and now its every hole wired alternate?
Neither, my original strips were 50 pixels spaced 2" apart. So, I just inserted another 50 pixels in the empty holes which would give me 100 pixels on 1" alternating nodes. They start at the bottom and go up 50 then come back down. The trick was making sure they all started in the same place and ended in the same place.When you say you doubled the strands @Indigogyre , did you cable tie or join in another way together two strands you'd already made, or did you cut fresh 100 long strips? If you joined, would love to see how!
I'd like.to see other pictures, and how you are going to do this in xlights? Thos what I would like to do next year with my tree.Neither, my original strips were 50 pixels spaced 2" apart. So, I just inserted another 50 pixels in the empty holes which would give me 100 pixels on 1" alternating nodes. They start at the bottom and go up 50 then come back down. The trick was making sure they all started in the same place and ended in the same place.
My strands were wired up-down-up-down for 200 pixels per port. so the bottom alternated between the start of the string or the end of the string. For alternating pixels each strand starts with pixel one in the lowest position. So, I either had to start above or below the pixel that was already there depending on if it was the first or last pixel. I mixed up my first couple but then learned to check everything. I took some pictures while I wired a new strand to mimic the old ones. I worked through all my old ones already.
I thought it was easier to do alternate nodes instead of pulling out 1200 pixels from strips and then pushing 2400 pixels in.
Here is a sample of the alternates nodes when testing the first 50 and the last 50 with different colors.
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if you want to see the rest of the pictures let me know.
I’m interested to know—as I hope to add a mega tree next year—what the benefits are? Is it purely better resolution for better faces/effects? Or is there more to it?One of my wish lists for this year was to double my Megatree from 1200 to 2400 pixels
I’m interested to know—as I hope to add a mega tree next year—what the benefits are? Is it purely better resolution for better faces/effects? Or is there more to it?