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They absolutely do not use that much (even though I have vendor tags from at least 2 vendors that say they do). The max they can possibly use is half that, and as the voltage drops they'll use a bit less. There are some options like GS that use significantly less watts for the same light. IMO...

Welcome and good luck. It's a good time of year to start. China is a good option for you as it is for anyone, but in the UK, the drug dealer candy man is Build A Light Show (BALS) (https://buildalightshow.com/). Also it is fine to run 100% bright (according to me, and nobody else).

The data signal from to the lights is digital pulses, so it will not read all that well on the multimeter, at best it will read a fraction of its peak voltage. I can't really comment on the rest of it, as I am not sure how you wired the pigtails, etc.

It's a matter of whether you think you can figure it all out, how much free time you have, and how much your time is worth to you (and which part of this you like doing yourself vs. hate doing). Most of the time, preassembled lights and controllers cost more than doing it yourself, because...

I loved my Mr. Christmas (circa 2010), then the display got too big in the mid-late 2010s and I took it out. Wanting the music back is how I ended up with the pixel mayhem I have now. Anyway, if we're listing easy vendor solutions and you want to keep your existing AC lights from the Mr...

What Indi meant I think is there is more than one broad approach, the manual goes into that a bit. First, are you thinking this will be set to music, or not? Then, do you imagine using a lot of AC strings (which people still do) or is this to be all pixels? Based on that, we might suggest...

Light bulbs. Lots of them, maybe a couple hundred. Seriously, do you have an idea of what you want your display to look like (maybe an example of someone else's), a budget, how much free time do you have, are you planning on building it over the years, etc.? What kind of tecnacil credentials...

I configured some Kulp boards based on the PB before (K40D-PB, but probably the same) but I added a USB Ethernet to it (which I use for networking anyway). This was straightforward because it responds to the default FPP listening address, or you can set the IP w/ the OLED / buttons.

Acesta va fi un răspuns tradus, scuze anticipate. De asemenea, pentru lucruri de genul acesta, vă sugerez să începeți un thread nou. Nu ai spus cu adevărat cum testezi/configurezi asta. Indiferent dacă este de pe pagina web a controlerului sau xLights. Îți voi sugera două lucruri de verificat...

Depending on the controller, some have show players built in. Anything built as a BBB cape has FPP built in and can play a small show in the same way as the Pi. Falcon, Hinks, etc., also have ways to play shows without a separate player... but it depends what you're trying to do

People have real problems, they take various forms, and different solutions have helped depending on the situation. See a thread like: https://auschristmaslighting.com/threads/sound-blaster-play-3-not-working-with-k8-b-and-fm-transmitter.15220/ and the threads it references for some ideas. But...

Be aware the EVO Minis emit a lot of light out the sides, essentially the LED would be behind the mounting surface. If you don't want it to shine through, choose your material carefully, like black coro, or some other material that blocks light.

You're not the only one who seems confused. The vendor that sold me mine didn't understand either, and even wired some of the 3->4 adapters wrong, which I had to field-fix by hacking up the adapters. But it really isn't hard at all. The input data line for pixel 1 is passively wired to the...

If it's a .gif, see the "Picture" effect, set start and end scale as you see fit (like 0-200, or 100-300). And/or roto-zoom on the effect, there are other fun transitions you could use like shatter... Getting it centered on the matrix may be nontrivial. That's just the first suggestion, if it...

Probably. I'm taking educated guesses as I don't own any of these things. Misread the question the first time... now I am thinking you are asking "can I run UCS 2904 from a PiCap" and also "can I run UCS 2904 from a Falcon + Long Range Receiver". (As I don't think a PiCap will send to a...