Alternate Pixel Controller

1pet2_9 said:
Not just ability, but time. I've programmed mbed platform and STM's (which make Arduinos look like kids' toys), but the whole display takes a gargantuan amount of time, and I have to set priorities. I'm dealing with mounting issues on the house, engineering a good mega tree, weatherproofing testing, trying to route long data lines over coax, Renard's to test, and assuming Renard's even work downstream from a smart receiver I still have to integrate all those AC lights into Xlights. Even the ws2811 packet stripper is higher priority, because that lets me make pixel sticks and meteor showers without having to loopback the data line; but even that I don't have the time or the Arduino minis for. Oh yeah, and a day job.
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This hobby can be a real time-sink, especially if you're doing any soft of development.
 
Also off topic... but Computerchristmas.com is still alive on the "internet wayback machine." Kind of interesting to look back on some of those pages...

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dirknerkle said:
Also off topic... but Computerchristmas.com is still alive on the "internet wayback machine." Kind of interesting to look back on some of those pages...

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That's where i got my start. I built Hill Robertson's parallel port controller. I didn't build the full 320 channel but I think about half that using point to point wiring with bix block 8 pin jacks
https://web.archive.org/web/20081218100314/http://computerchristmas.com/christmas/link-how_to/HowToId-4/How_To_Build_A_Parallel_Port_Controller_Box
 
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