Dumb Flex Strips...

[Beanbag109]

Then it would flash while he is walking in parades, and not playing. I was thinking, small mic transistor => triggers the 12 volts to the strip.

[chrisatpsu]

it would change his stick handling, but you could also try to put small sections on his sticks for extra effect!

[angus40]

The creative Ideas i read in these forums just amazes me every time i login.

Sounds cool beanbag a video would be great  if you ge t a chance.

Richard.

[wwwgator]

Now that all 4 stars are done, on to the dumb strip trees.....

decided to have 1 central controller with CAT5 to feed each tree.
 So, I married Ray's 27 ch controller with a wireless reciever and a bunch of RJ45 jacks.
To handle the power, I am using 1 pair per wire. (wh-or/or= red, Wh-Gr/re= Green, Wh-Blu/Blu= blue, WH-Brn/Brn= Common White)

And Yes, I got lazy, decided too much work to unsolder the screw terminals, just epoxied RJ45s in place with short jumper to terminal strips....

 1 power cord to controller box- 1 CAT5 to each tree...wireless DMX in......on to the trees.....

[chrisatpsu]

To handle the power, I am using 1 pair per wire. (wh-or/or= red, Wh-Gr/re= Green, Wh-Blu/Blu= blue, WH-Brn/Brn= Common White)

your blue and green are going to come on at the same time.

pins 3&4 would be White-Green & Blue
pins 4&5 would be White-Blue & Green

[zwiller]

Beanbag,
Was a drummer in a previous life...  I think a trigger would work better than a mic.

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Time to upgrade the shell to a clear acyrlic (vistalite) so you could mount lights inside shell 

[wwwgator]

You are correct, chris, but as long as both controller and strips connectors are wired the same....
What I should have stated that i paralleled pins 1-2,3-4,5-6,7-8.....


568a....568b....what ever it takes.....(network humor....poor attempt#1)

[chrisatpsu]

hehe, more like   "10baseT...  100baseT...   whatever it takes"

your post with the colors together works for original ethernet (not fast ethernet) 10baseT wiring standards. but who can even find that cable nowadays?

[wwwgator]

Just tossed a box of old token ring stuff with the ever famous "vampire" taps.... Why i still had these is unknown....

[chrisatpsu]

i noticed on my cut sections of the dumb strips, the green and blue are incorrectly labeled on the pcb.  they're backwards.

[rm357]

Cool!
Nice work!

[Zeph]

So, I married Ray's 27 ch controller with a wireless reciever and a bunch of RJ45 jacks.
To handle the power, I am using 1 pair per wire. (wh-or/or= red, Wh-Gr/re= Green, Wh-Blu/Blu= blue, WH-Brn/Brn= Common White)

What wireless receiver (and transmitter) did you use for DMX?

(I would have been tempted to allocate some more wires to the common.  My reasoning would probably have started with 1 wire to each color and 3 to the common (1+1+1+3), then distribute the "spare" two wires somewhere like 2+2+1+3 or 2+1+1+4.  But so long as the two conductors are enough for your full load without too much drop I guess it doesn't matter).

[wwwgator]

I did it that way for simplicity's sake. Total connected draw per 2.5m tree is 1.06A full on white.
I need to keep it simple....or i get lost......try to make something idiot proof and then GOD created me to prove them wrong!

Blessed Easter to everyone.

[angus40]

i noticed on my cut sections of the dumb strips, the green and blue are incorrectly labeled on the pcb.  they're backwards.

I have 12 strings of 50 count rgb and the g b are swapped also.

I don't think the silk screen standard is paired up with wire manufacturer .

+5 b g r is on the pcb  and the 4 wire is  y g b r  so to keep the wire flat and untwisted green has to go to blue .

[chrisatpsu]

i didn't mean the wire color was wrong, i meant the the "g" printed on the white circuit board of the strip actually controlled the blue, and the "b" controlled the green.