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Fused Male Plug - Interest Thread - Fall 2013

I have been contacted by many folks inquiring as to when another group buy of the 3A and 5A fuse male plugs that I ran earlier this year. I am awaiting confirmation that prices would not change from...

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Feature Request: Falcon Player conversion

Development group, I'm sure the topic has already been mentioned among the group, but is there a likelihood that a output module/conversion to FPP to be possible this year. I would love to reduce my...

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Lights purchased at Big Lots have been recalled

My wife subscribes to the ShopSmart magazine published by Consumer reports. She gave me this article to read regarding safety problems of holiday lights purchased at Big Lots. I thought I would pass...

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Want to practice soldering smt? How about some free boards (pay for shipping)

I had a client who changed the design on me, and thus left me with 50ish boards that have various pads for 0603 r's and c's, connectors, just various placements. I was going to just toss all of them,...

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Matrix Design HELP!!!

I am trying to come up with a decent matrix using RGB strips. Here are the pixels I am planning to use: http://www.diyledexpress.com/index.p...roducts_id=176 I am planning to use the full 5m for the...

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Help sourcing IR LEDs

I'm looking to outfit a DIYC Flood for blasting my guests with 940nm-950nm IR. This is to have them bring their own Disney® Glow With The Show™ hats to my display and take control of them. I have a...

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candy cane wheel

Any tips on making a solid frame. Mine will have 8 candy canes. Thanks John

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Pixel Matrix

Does anybody have any suggestions for pixel spacing for a matrix using RGB strips? I am looking at using http://www.diyledexpress.com/index.p...roducts_id=176 I want to make a matrix the 5m long with...

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Waterproof single color LED 5050 strip reusable connectors

I searched the forum, but couldn't find a good source for connectors that are 2 pin and waterproof that I can solder to LED strips on sections of my Halloween Cemetery fence panels so that I can break...

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Arduino and Vixen 3

How do i communicate with arduino from vixen?

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DC to DC Power supply converter-- thoughts?

Hey everyone, Had a quick question. I have a bunch of 12V power supplies but I need a couple of 5V power supplies for my pixels this year. Would you trust a DC to DC power supply converter to step the...

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Skycraft Surplus

If anyone shops there... you can save some $$$. From an email received today. 48 Hour Sale! Ends 9-13 at midnight. Spend $20.00 or more and take 10% off your next order. Use Promo Code save10 at check...

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Wire Frame D'Lites is moving and gettting a real shop

I would like to say thanks to all of you and especially my customers. Due to the growth of this hobby of mine that has turned into a small business, the wife and I started looking for a place where we...

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1000 foot cat 5 for 75 dollars

Hey all been a while since I have posted anything but got this in email today and wanted to share with everyone that may need it here is link https://www.cablesandkits.com/cat5e-...0432-230564789 Also...

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Error 200 Phrsing Libary file

Joe; I've been sequencing my little heart out but have come across a problem. I made a good sized nutcracker file and imported a into a temporary HLS file. I copied the data into my library file so I...

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Better candy cane spikes

I have about a dozen or so of those 3 foot candy canes in my display and every year I end up with a couple of broken ones and I'm sure it sounds stupid but I'd really like better spikes to put them in...

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Special Nutcracker/xlights tutorial Tonight Sep 12th, 7pm MST, 9pm EST

What: Nutcracker Tutorial: When: Thursday, Sep 12th. 7pm MST (Denver Time) . 9pm EST, 6pm PST Special! Matt Brown will be hosting this tutorial. Matt will go through the preview and the new custom...

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2801 orange woes

can anyone give me advice on how to make orange on my 2801 lights?... I tried redder... browner... everything I try comes out yellow or white .. or just not right.. 2811 are better at it for sure

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FS - 4 Wire Waterproof Extensions

I have a bunch of 4 Wire waterproof extensions from diyledexpress.com. Turns out they are not compatible with the pigtails I bought from Ray.. (SIgh)... so my loss is your gain... 10 - 5 ft - $2.25...

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FS 3-way Waterproof Connectors

I have 35 of these connectors... Willing to let go to the first $25.00 plus shipping.... I was going to use them to inject power, but decided on going a different route.... Would be good to use for the...

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