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This one was a quick and easy project. It initially started it’s life as a ropelight triple star, which was pretty but not customisable. So in the spirit of customisation and tinkering, I decided I would replace the boring single coloured ropelight, with a WS2811b LED strip that I could Read more…
I’m currently working on this project. The aim of this project is to make a billboard style LED matrix that I can project images and writing on to. At the moment it comprises of 10 x 90 LEDs, but I am going to expand that to at least 20 x Read more…
We get questions all the time about who we would recommend for hosting. We have tried over 30 different providers over the last 10 years and have settled on one that is not only reasonably priced, but also very supportive and responsive. We use and highly recommend CloudCone. They offer Read more…
This project was a my very first one. I have a young daughter (3 as of time of writing) and she absolutely loves Christmas lights and inflatables. I looked into alot of different Christmas light solutions but could never find a solution which would give me absolute control over the Read more…
This project was a challenging one. I have an AOC 34″ Curved Monitor attached to my Gaming Laptop. I was looking to create a more immersive gaming environment and looked at different options for LED strips. All the options on the market required a HDMI passthrough in order to extract Read more…
The NodeMCU has been one of the staples in our IoT arsenal, especially heavily in our Christmas lights collection of projects. We pick this great little piece of gear up from AliExpress (We bought this model) – search using code “ALCKQMN8” if the link doesn’t work. With a built in Read more…
WS2811b LED Strip (5V) – https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_EwvCewb