icicle model

[zanclus]

I purchased some of the new ws2811 icicles from diyledexpress. Does anyone have a model I can use for  Nutcracker? Thanks in advance.

[sean]

how do they connect. for example if they have a input cable and say 10 nodes per icicle and a wire runs back to the top and there is another cable connector. Make a
vertical matrix. If i had 20 icicles, each with 10 pixels

model: vert matrix
# strings? 20
number rgb nodes per string? 10
starting corner? Top left

[zanclus]

Sean,
 Thanks for  the   reply. My issue is that the icicles are in a  group of  3 and  each  are of  different lengths and  pixel numbers. I have 5 sets I planned of  stringing  together.

[smeighan]

Use a custom model, here is an example of different lengths

http://nutcracker123.com/nutcracker/images/custom_icicle_model.png

meteros, even text will work with this.

if you will have 20 icicles (varying length), with the longest being 10 nodes.
then build a grid for custom model by
model width? 20
model height? 10

start in upper left corner and number the nodes, consecutive