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Offline sittinguphigh

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TM1804IC and RGB bulb.
« on: January 17, 2013, »
Can we get the TM1804IC board and RGB bulb separate with out the wire and covering?

Was thinking on making my own shapes with them.
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Re: TM1804IC and RGB bulb.
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2013, »
Yes. Chris did exactly that. Bought the TM1804 chips, added to them to his own circuit board, attached lights.


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Re: TM1804IC and RGB bulb.
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2013, »
Pray tell don't leave me in suspense. Tell me were to get these fine products.
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Re: TM1804IC and RGB bulb.
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it's a lot of work...  i found some components from Ray, and others from ebay.
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Re: TM1804IC and RGB bulb.
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2013, »
Are those all the parts you need for Smart string node control?

Thanks were do you get the round RGB bulb?

I want to use these for small bells, stars and trees.
Maybe start with a out side shape as a bells.
Then inside the bell make trees and stars.
Different shapes.

I could make a tree bulb shape then make different shape appear inside at different times
and songs.

For me a 12 inch round tree bulb would be enough. Use a half round maybe.
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Re: TM1804IC and RGB bulb.
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2013, »
to make a functional node, you would need an rgbled, a capacitor, 4 resistors, a pcb, and the chip. (the actual node also contains 2 diodes)

if you're making something similar to the regular smart string node, you might as well just get the smart string node. they're fairly inexpensive, and hard to match quality and price -wise.

plus, the time it takes you to build one would be at least an hour (after you got the hang on it.,so a string of 128 nodes, would take awhile to make.)

the only reason why i did mine, was that i didn't want to use individual light control with putting flex strip inside pvc for my arches.

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