Category Holiday Lights

While I was talking with a friend of mine – Jeremy Fisher, owner of 3HourFlip.com (a site you really should visit), we discussed storage of extension cords.  I had been taught year ago by a friend, Bob Wilson, a process… Continue Reading →

A new opportunity for improvement presented itself once we got the working mini display setup in the back yard. We decided to set this display up to give us a small visual component that we can use during the programming… Continue Reading →

Well I have encountered my first major problem.  The last time I tested, the arches were operating normally.  I decided to hook them up, outside in the back yard along with a few of the other display elements so that… Continue Reading →

              This is post number 2 in the series about how we configured, built and tested our leaping arches. Here we will discuss how to finalize the configuration of the AlphaPix controller.  You will need to… Continue Reading →

In this post I will be demonstrating the setup and configuration for the Alphapix .  These steps would also work with the AlphaPix 16 but I’ll be using the 4 for the leaping arches. There is a set of buttons we… Continue Reading →

Watch the video here Here we will discuss our rebuilt 22 X 46 Pixel Horizontal Matrix Display. The materials needed for the project are as follows: 4′ X 8′ Matrix net 22 strings of RGB Nodes AlphaPix 16 channel controller… Continue Reading →

          Here I will discuss how we build our Arches (AKA Leaping Arches)           The materials needed are as follows: Thin wall 1/2″ PVC pipe – 8′ 3″ in length 2 Pipe… Continue Reading →

In a previous post, we demonstrated how to build and mount the RGB window frame, now we are going to show how to test the setup using an AlphaPix 4 controller The items used are as follows: 5′ – 3 conductor… Continue Reading →

View the Video here     Today we are going to explore how we are outlining our windows with color-changing RGB lights for the season.           The materials you will need: – Hangers (4) (from HolidayCoro)… Continue Reading →

The Matrix rebuild is complete.  Here are a couple of pics from the build. Here is a view of the backside of the matrix. We used RGB string with 3″ between the bulbs and the matrix material has holes every… Continue Reading →