My RU-vid just recommended this to me and it's an excellent video! Thank you so much for making it and showcasing the board, that's very much appreciated! Following to see the final result you are going to working towards! :D
The only real drawback to doing the power injection straight off the power supply is you aren't utilizing the 10 amp fuse that comes with the dig uno. I'd suggest either purchasing an in-line fuse, or just running the power all off the dig uno
I bought a 6 fuse 12 volt "marine" fuse dock for my power injections because the 8 fuse unit at Wally's lights was out. But i think I'll use the walleys lights unit in future projects. Pull from one of the 12 volt on your PSU to that and the. You don't have to pull so much through your single outputs on the uno Or wait for quads to come back in the. You get the same thing built into the quad. Plus the new beefier pins for using ferrules much easier on the new quad v3.
Excellent video! Your work of the video and the visual with your drone make it very clear to understand what you described. I look forward to the next segment of your WLED project. Thank you for sharing!
Nice to see some tips from another canuck. I plan on doing a permanent "stealth" outline using strips. I don't want it to look like I just left the christmas lights up all year and pixels seem hard to hide. I have a DigUno already, but it doesn't seem the best time to order LEDs from Ali. Lots of places have a one spool limit per order. I can't even do my kitchen with one spool let alone the entire outline of my house!
@@AnotherNerdyCanuck I'm familiar with permatrack but it still seems kinda high profile to me. And expensive. Hopefully he gets his Canadian supplier lined up and you don't have to pay US exchange on heavier steel track shipped from China and then reshipped here.
Is is pricey! I looked at doing a DIY vinyl siding J-track, but the ease of install (and style of my soffit) led me back to the Permatrack. Best of luck!
Nice video with lots of information, thank you for posting. If I was to build a Xmas tree with 8-10 rows of pixels going up and down (vertically) do I wire it with more diguno?
Thanks for watching! It really depends on how many controlled pixels you will have. That is what will tax the diguno's ability to avoid flicker. Unless you have a very large tree, I would think the two outputs of a single diguno should work.
Just set-up my first Diguno, trying to wrap my head around the dual output, so thanks for the very well done video! Question I have is this, do you only have to use the second output if you are using a different type of LED strip? Otherwise, if you are using the same type strip creating segments will give you the same result even if you only use one output?
You need an app or computer to connect to the controller (in my case, via WiFi) to set it up. Once it is set up, it will run on its own. Thanks for watching!
Have you considered somehow breaking the single string chase into multiple segments to get the chase to go right to left but not run through the led string 1 to 500 but visually right to left? I.e. the chase would start at right roofline, run to right side of arch, move down to the big tree bottom and work it's way up, back to the roof strip to the top of the arch, back down to the small tree, then finishing the roof...
Great question! However, I have since expanded my system and mounted them permanently in track. If you watch those videos, I would welcome any programming suggestions! Thanks for watching!
Excellent video. I'm working on an almost identical setup. Wondering what gauge(s) wire will fit into the terminals of an UNO if I'm using multiple strands like you.
For my permanent setup, I used 14 AWG wire in the dig-uno and then joined it with a wire connector to all my power injection. Hope to get that video out this weekend!
@@AnotherNerdyCanuck was power injection using 14g as well? Also, did you have to use any data boosters? It looks like you have some really long runs of wire before you get to your first LED.
I did use 14 AWG for power injection, but that is probably overkill. I will be using 16 AWG for part 2 of my permanent install. The dig-uno controller has a built-in data booster, so no additional one was required. Not sure how far you could go.
Did you build your own dig-uno or go premade? I have been following Quindor and DrZzz and I am excited to give permanent holiday lights a shot this spring too. It will be very cool to watch your progress as someone new to this stuff. Any idea which fair better in colder climates, led strips or strings? Are you planning on mounting the strings directly to the house with clips or are you planning on some sort of "system" to permanently attach them? I am most curious about things not usually mentioned in other videos. Things like how and where to house the dig-uno controllers and power, how far away can they be from the lights (I know there's a data boost, but still must be some sort of limit), best way to run all of these wires and keep them mostly hidden, etc. Thank you for the video :)
I purchased pre-made Dig Uno. I believe the light strings look more robust for extreme weather, but am not sure. I will be attaching them with Permatrack. The rest I am still figuring out! Thanks for the questions!
The lights seem to be holding up really well (-10 C last night). They seem better protected than any other Christmas lights I have ever put up. Thanks for watching!
With the extreme wind we've been having in the midwest we have been having over night weather of like -10F and my dig is in a weather proof box right outside with them and some random 12v plug in supply. I have the rextin bullets. They have even been frozen rained in place for a few days. Still going strong after a few months so far.
Why wait? If yours is going to be a permanent set up you can put them up now! Lol I’m inpatient and just ordered the jellyfish style leds and the track lighting. I can’t wait for them to come in. I’ll try to have them up for July 4, Halloween and Christmas. Already missed valentines and saint Patrick’s day. Plus I don’t want to install them in the cold ! you also might want to start planning now. I know the dig quads/uno are currently sold out on their websites. I got lucky and got in on the small restock.
Hi Dave, I'm a newbie to rgb pixel lighting. Why did you decide to use the Alitov rgb pixels from Amazon? Did you consider other manufacturers and / or distributors? Thank you!
It was a combination of price and speed of shipping. My grandkids were coming for Christmas, and I wanted to ensure they would be up in time for them to see. I was considering some from AliExpress, but the shipping would have been too long. Thanks for the question!
If you look at Timestamp 02:39, you will see that right above the output labels "LED1" and "LED2" it has the GPIO number on the circuit board. Thanks for the question!
The Dig-Uno also has a full line-up of articles you can find on the website including a pinout article which will tell you which pins everything is connected to! :)
I ordered a pre made digiuno from DRZZ..I hooked it up according to the instructions, but only the first LED is on, and won't change to any other colors. Just stays white. Any ideas on what might cause this? I have 12 v ws2811 pixels. I wanted more control and was trying to replace a Magic LED SP105E controller which works fine powering all the lights.
where did you get the 600 leds per channel info? I currently have over 1000 on one and another 800 on another using a dig quad. no noticable data loss/ lag in the effects i have tried., but imagine once you tried to sync to music or something it would show up, Your thoughts?
These are recommended maximums on quinled.info. It has to do with frame rates and the default run rate of WS281X LEDs. I would imagine static or low speed effects could support more. They go into much more detail on here: bit.ly/33sGKpH. Thanks for the question!
With the dig uno and wled are you allowed to have the peak of the roof line have running lights starting from the peak and then have it travel left and right down the peak? I know that the data only travels forward. So if I want the LEDs to travel down a peaks on both sides or in the middle of the strand that travel left and right is that controlled through wled? Or do I have to flip the led string backwards so the data arrow is flowing that direction the lights travel?
Yes you can! You create regions of pixels in the settings called "segments"and have the segments split at the roof peak. You can then have the effects "mirrored" to move out from that particular point on the roof. It isn't really obvious within the settings and it takes a bit of trial and error, but I believe it can be done. I did something similar with my daughter's WLED aquarium light to create a "cloud moving by the sun" effect. Thanks for watching!
