FAST Finally Affordable Snowfall Tube

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F.A.S.T (Finally Affordable Snowfall Tubes)

  • NOTE - THIS PAGE IS A WORK IN-PROGRESS - IT IS NOT COMPLETE YET *

What is FAST

Fast was created by Cory Helmuth as a inexpensive substitute for commercial snowfall tubes. It consists of a FAST Controller PCB that drives 1-8 LED Segment PCBs each with 7 LED's per segment for a total of 7-56 SuperFlux LED's and 6" to 48" in length.

Using the FAST

The FAST is run on 5vdc. The operation of the FAST is quite simple. You apply power and the tube starts to run. When you want it to stop you remove power. If you want it to make a half fall. You simply remove power before it get's to the bottom of the tube. If you want it to fall twice you leave power applied long enough to get two falls. Length of time with depend on fall time that you set before you programmed the PIC.

Controlling the FAST

There are a variety of controllers that can be used to drive the FAST. Examples of these are the Frank's Ren24LV, a Ren64XC with DCSSRs and the Ren48LSD. Note that the Ren48LSD was designed specifically for the purpose of driving Super Strips. The Ren64XC/DCSSR combination will work as well but it's a more expensive, larger and more cumbersome configuration to use but if you are driving other higher current DC devices, it can work fine.

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