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Christmas Lights
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Christmas Lights – 2019 – Frozen – Let it Go Remix
My third year doing Christmas lights, this is 1 of 4 songs for this year.
This setup is based off;
6 Arduino Uno R3 controllers
5 Arduino Nano controllers
1 Arduino Mega controller
Christmas Lights – 2019 – Happy
My third year doing Christmas lights, this is 1 of 4 songs for this year.
This setup is based off;
6 Arduino Uno R3 controllers
5 Arduino Nano controllers
1 Arduino Mega controller
Christmas Lights – 2019 – Winter Wonderland
My third year doing Christmas lights, this is 1 of 4 songs for this year.
This setup is based off;
6 Arduino Uno R3 controllers
5 Arduino Nano controllers
1 Arduino Mega controller
Christmas Lights – 2019 – Last Christmas Remix
My third year doing Christmas lights, this is 1 of 4 songs for this year.
This setup is based off;
6 Arduino Uno R3 controllers
5 Arduino Nano controllers
1 Arduino Mega controller
Raspberry Pi 3B3B+ USB SATA/SSD ep2 (2019)
CanispaterChristmas reviews the Pi 3B+ and using it for his Christmas lights display.
Check out his details in the video below.
Building my Christmas light display
I’m working on a walk through of all my Christmas lights and Props I used in last year as well as this years show. This can all be found in our Community Forums.
My Christmas Light display and props
My Arduino based WS2811 RGB Christmas light show setup.
I’m working on a full write up of my Christmas light show from 2018, my second year doing Christmas lights.
You can find the article in our forums.
I’ve also provided the Arduino source code I used in my setup, for both Relay control as well as WS2811 RGB LED control.
This software interfaces with Vixen 3 running on a computer in my garage and allows Vixen to talk to the Arduinos and control my display.
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Christmas Lights Display – 2018
And for fun, 2 bonus videos.