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General hardware / Re: <16 port standalone controllers comparison

« on: September 20, 2019, 11:36:44 PM »

Hi guys thanks for the suggestions. I've considered the Pi + FPP option actually so I'll look into that in more detail. Mainly what I'm interested to do is to replace arduino with something that allows me to work with matrices effectively, since my rudimentary coding knowledge is a barrier with arduino alone.  For example, I own about 10x ws2812b strips (150 pixels). Until now I've just been using arduino and creating single strip effects (generally altering sketches already written by others). Building a matrix with those, say fold each strip into 3 sections = 30 x 50 matrix. Coding all that in arduino IDE is super clunky and laborious, but I know this can be done easily in xlights.

The portability aspect is so that I can install something customised anywhere without having to bring (and power) a laptop to run it all.

nb: I hope you guys can appreciate the fact that Burning Man brought me here haha ;-)

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General hardware / <16 port standalone controllers comparison

« on: September 20, 2019, 03:38:25 AM »

Hi All,

I'm new to xlights but I have experience working with arduino and ws2812b pixel strips.  In time I plan to purchase one of the 16+ port controllers such as the latest falcon, but for now I'm interested in purchasing something which is smaller and cheaper for mobile or portable applications (eg: such as on a bicycle) that does not require a PC to be running xlights.  The present controller comparison page only shows 16 port controllers however.

Is there a guide somewhere on smaller standalone controllers (such as a beaglebone) where an xlights sequence can be flashed to the controller and then run without the need for a laptop running the sequence in xlights?   

Thanks in advance :-)