My First Christmas Light Arch
lboucher
Posts: 139
Hi All
Just got my first Arch and Light Controller Box up and running and thought i would share. (In case you cannot see, in the first video the lights are controlled by a Wii Guitar.) The Controller is completely home built. (Minus all the good advice and diagrams from other DIY'ers.) I decided i wanted to learn how to do it all from the ground up. So i used a different microcontroller, SX28 and went to town. Overall it is working great. On my next project i will try doing a PCB. Lots more work to do before next christmas. I hope to have 6 of these boxes (17 channels per box) up and running for next year. Along with 2 more arches.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg-aO2Yz4po·············Controlled by Wii Quitar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2msm_xGYKI··········· Doing Stuff
Lucas
Post Edited (lboucher) : 7/13/2009 1:28:17 PM GMT
Just got my first Arch and Light Controller Box up and running and thought i would share. (In case you cannot see, in the first video the lights are controlled by a Wii Guitar.) The Controller is completely home built. (Minus all the good advice and diagrams from other DIY'ers.) I decided i wanted to learn how to do it all from the ground up. So i used a different microcontroller, SX28 and went to town. Overall it is working great. On my next project i will try doing a PCB. Lots more work to do before next christmas. I hope to have 6 of these boxes (17 channels per box) up and running for next year. Along with 2 more arches.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg-aO2Yz4po·············Controlled by Wii Quitar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2msm_xGYKI··········· Doing Stuff
Lucas
Post Edited (lboucher) : 7/13/2009 1:28:17 PM GMT
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Comments
Wow! Great job! Would you mind sharing code and schematics? Since you are looking to go with a PCB, have you looked at www.efx-tek.com? They have pre made SSR boards at a not unreasonable prices. Anyways, good job!!
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Shawn Lowe
When all else fails.....procrastinate!
I don't really have my own schematic, really just looked at what other people have done and stripped out everything i didn't care about. You can find more on the at www.doityourselfchristmas.com. If someone really wants help to build one, just ask and i will help.
RS_JIM