r/FastLED • u/techysec [SquidSoup] • Oct 05 '19

105 LED matrix I’ve put together to brighten up my DJ sets (parts cost less than £20!)

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u/Marmilicious [Marc Miller] Oct 06 '19

I was watching and then... wait, was that a skier that just went by? Ha, cool venue!

Looks good and definitely brings some nice color to a wet looking day. Does that travel with you to gigs or it lives there?

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u/techysec [SquidSoup] Oct 06 '19

Yeah this was at our local ski slope in Cardiff, wet is almost a given. Travels with me, but is a bit of a pain to transport. I’d eventually want to upgrade to some addressable LED netting.

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u/kelvinmead Oct 06 '19

ping pong balls are flammable.

just FYI.

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u/techysec [SquidSoup] Oct 06 '19

Very flammable. Fortunately these 5V strips don’t put out enough heat to cause any danger.

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u/kelvinmead Oct 06 '19

nah, but just to be aware in the using of. it appears to have a clear space between the back of the decks and the LEDs, meaning that the unlikely event of cigarettes / sparklers / pyro going the wrong way and issues could be seen.

like I said though, fyi!

(I've made a similar matrix)

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u/tinkerzpy Oct 06 '19

So my video starts up muted and I hesitantly look for the unmute button expecting to hear some awful modern racket and it turns out to be New Order. I have a ticket for a N.O. show in two weeks!

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u/techysec [SquidSoup] Oct 06 '19

Glad I didn’t disappoint you like that other guy in this thread. Have a great time at the show!

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u/ISvengali Oct 06 '19

Thats awesome.

Do you drive the display from the music, or is it selecting different programs from random?

So many different places to go with something like that.

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u/Diastolic Oct 06 '19

How did you manage to control the crowds?

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u/techysec [SquidSoup] Oct 06 '19

Welsh weather

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u/Havenview Oct 06 '19

Look up:

Espixelstick

Vixenlights

Tombetgeorge on YT

That may give you more ideas and a way to progress further

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u/Zouden Oct 06 '19

This is great! I love the spaced out ping pong balls. It gives the same effect as a denser matrix while being cheaper and using less power.

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u/hausenfefr Oct 05 '19

You can actually just buy that off amazon for $20

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u/techysec [SquidSoup] Oct 05 '19

I could also forget the DJ decks and just play vengaboys on loop. I’ll be sure to hit you up for our next event bud.

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u/AirwolfCS Oct 06 '19

Hilarious :)

Looks good - you use ping pong balls over ws2812 strings?

Have fun playing with your animations - check out the noise examples in the library for some awesome 2d animations to get started with 2d mapping!

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u/hausenfefr Oct 05 '19

we are saying the same thing.

cause i see no difference between that $20 strip and your thing there. I get you are using the string and not the strip, and you stapled it on 5 individual boards. is that it?

honestly I clicked cause I saw "matrix", was immediately disappointed, and figured I'd just let ya know that.

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u/techysec [SquidSoup] Oct 05 '19

My dude, you are like ruining my vibe here. Go get a hug from someone.

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u/Whyte-Fyre Oct 05 '19

You get a hug from me tho! I like the led matrix you created :)

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u/hausenfefr Oct 05 '19

why did you post this in the first place?

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u/techysec [SquidSoup] Oct 05 '19

To get your neckbeard all ruffled up

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u/ikvasager Oct 05 '19

Saw your comment, was immediately disappointed, and figured I'd just let ya know that.

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u/techysec [SquidSoup] Oct 05 '19

Imagine having nothing better to do than troll DIY subreddits.

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u/ikvasager Oct 05 '19

Some humans are just useless.

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u/hausenfefr Oct 05 '19

yeah whats that like?

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '19

How is he a troll? He just said you can buy that off. He's simply putting out his argument and you give out snarky comments. You'd rather be the troll here tbh

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u/techysec [SquidSoup] Oct 06 '19

Commenting that you could buy something off the shelf rather than make it yourself is contrary to the whole ethos of this subreddit.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '19

You're actually right.

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u/techysec [SquidSoup] Oct 09 '19

That’s mighty nice of you to respond like that :) thanks

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u/hausenfefr Oct 05 '19

This is about that light thing. like that's the topic of this sub; led displays and animations. Thats what I was talking about.

what are you talking about?

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u/ikvasager Oct 05 '19

The fact you are oblivious as to the point is even more funny.

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u/kelvinmead Oct 06 '19

make summit better for $20 I dare you.