On 02/12/16 19:54, Tim Watts wrote:
On 02/12/16 18:19, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 09:53:32 +0000, Tim Watts wrote:


A surfet of static and/or random flashing lights is naff, full stop.
If you are going to do it do it properly, set and timed to music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90oZ52M4IC0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_hXlKCt11s How to... but uses pixel
LEDS.

Using pixel LEDs seems cheating some how, but simple LED strings
can't do what they can do.


I thought he'd be doing something like that.

He says he's using the: WS2811 - you can get RGB LEDs with that
integrated to even avoid the need for a PCB (or at least all it would do
is act as mounting and a wire carrier). I suspect his setup predates
that LED, maybe - but if anyone wants to try this, the WS2812B LED works
in the same way - and you can buy them mounted on tape (from the USA)
for reasonable coin).


I just watched another of Matt Johnson's videos and it seems he buys the
"pixels" (individual light unit) ready made from a dude on Guanzhong via
Aliexpress.

That makes it seem much more doable - I was thinking "how did he get the
time to make 1000's of lights and wire them up...