![]() ![]() Price wise I expect these to be approx ~$35each. Don't want to sell a design i'm unhappy with. However, this will happen after I've built and validated the design. ![]() ![]() Pinout order for the 3 pin connector? Ground - Power - Data? Ground - Data - Power? I think Falcon/Kulp run the later from memory.Īnyways, Open to discussion for features / design changes I may have missed before i get the design ordered.Īs mentioned above, this is something I'm designing/building for a need myself and a few close friends want (Theatre room them lighting etc), however, I see there is a interest here for this type of hardware, so I can make / sell additional units to those interested. Should the 3 pin connector be 90degree (as per the renders) or Straight onto the board A few additional decisions need to be made before I send off to get the PCB's made. DC Buck convertor (no more hot linear reg!!) There is currently a open request on WLEDs github to support this) ![]() SD Card (currently only supported by espixelstick unify branch firmware. Same molex pluggable screw connector most muiltiport controllers use. The current design has the following features. Now for the V2 stuff Ive been coming up with on a 100mm x 30mm board. Simply put, the Pixelstick is a 1.8 meter long ‘stick’ packed to the brim with 200 full color, high fidelity LEDs inside a lightweight aluminum housing, perfect for taking with you wherever and whenever light painting ideas strike you. Note: I still have a handful left for those interested in a simple single output wled controller for 5v ($25 + postage cost)- Message me if interested. The Pixelstick is a fantastic upgrade from the glow sticks and flash lights that you’re used to. They however work fantastic with 5volt pixels (and the 5v reg bypassed). Here is my previous WLED compatible "v1" version i've previously made, albiet it was for myself and a few close friends.īiggest shortcoming to this original version is that the 5V linear reg gets a little too hot for my liking when using 12V input power. I also learnt since that Espixelstick are currently developing a unifi branch of their firmware that supports ESP32, which is great as it offers SD card support to store sequences as well as support Fpp remote play so you eliminate wifi sync issues. It supports a few different testing patterns and we used this feature a lot as we built our different elements and needed to verify the wiring.I've previously mentioned in another post that I've made a WLED based ESP32 controller, which had a few shortcomings that i wanted to address in a v2 version. The ESPixelStick also has an awesome testing feature and is incredibly useful for quickly testing a new string of pixels. Each controller can drive up to 4 universes worth of pixels (~170*4=680 pixels), though it only has a single output and thus those pixels must all be wired serially. The controllers have a web interface that makes it very easy to configure them to set the type and number of pixels, the color ordering, etc. Part of the input you give during the flashing process is the identity and password of your wireless network. The software library download comes along with a program to send the software to the device and it is relatively easy to use if you follow the instructions. The esp8266 is a 3.3V logic chip so you need a 3.3V converter and not a 5V version or you risk damaging the module. There are a bunch of these for sale online but I use one I got from Sparkfun right here in Colorado. There are instructions at the guy’s website for how to do this (and probably linked from the Amazon page as well) and all it requires is a USB->Serial converter. Honestly, the hardest part of using these modules is flashing the software onto them and all in all that is pretty easy. These controllers are driven by an esp8266-01 wifi module (the same type we used in our earlier wifi-ication of our RGB wash lights). An astute observer will notice that this particular controller is being back-fed power from the pixels rather than having power originate at the controller. The design and code is open source so you can technically build your own but it would be hard to match the same product quality for much less money. These are made by a guy at and are available assembled on Amazon for US$20 each. For these elements, we use wireless pixel controllers called the ESPixelStick. Several lighting elements in our show are not easily reachable via wire from the attic where our main e682 pixel controller lives. ![]()
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