Jjdb210's The Christmas Lights
Since 2020, jjdb210 has been putting up Pixel light shows on his house around the Chritmas Holiday's. He has invited stream along for the ride many times, and opened the door to allowing people to program shows for it.
Pixel Count
- House Outline Strips (Permanently Installed, 3x10, X Pixels)
- Garage Outline Pixels (Seasonal)
- 5 RGB Floodlights
- 1 MegaTree (1600 Pixels, https://www.holidaycoro.com/product-p/813-360.htm)
- 1 Star (100 Pixels, https://www.holidaycoro.com/3-Row-90-Pixel-Star-with-Lights-and-Controller-p/123-kit4.htm)
- 1 North Pole (283 Pixels, https://www.holidaycoro.com/Coro-North-Pole-Directional-Sign-For-RGB-Nodes-p/1112.htm)
- 1 Wreathe (200 Pixels)
Other Hardware
- 1 Holiday Coro AlphaPix (Controlling Star)
- 1 Holiday Coro HinksPixPro with 1 Long Range Expandsion Card. (Controlling everything else)
- 3 Long Range Smart Receivers
- 1 16-channel Smart Controller (https://www.holidaycoro.com/16-Output-AC-Power-Long-Range-Expansion-Ready2Run-p/939.htm)
- 1 FM Transmitter.
Software
The show is powered using [xLights].
History
Christmas 2020 - Year 1 - The Tree + Wreathe
jjdb210 started with a Megatree and a 16 channel controller to control his classic lights. Simple patterns were shown on the tree, along with very basic lightshows.
Active Pixel Count: 1900 (1600 tree, 100 star, 200 wreathe) + ~500 regular LED Lights
Christmas 2021 - Year 2 - The House Outlines
jjdb210 added permenant house outlines to his house for year-round usage. This involved adding controllers in the garage and attic. The North Pole was also added to messages could be conferred to the audience. A website was created to be able to "activate" shows.
Active Pixel Count: Coming Soon
A small addition of some flood lights was added. Some other controller upgrades were made to make setup easier year-to-year. Late in the season, a large donation was made by Justin's neighbor which included 3 minions and a navtivity. Justin was able to get the Navitity up and somewhat programmed before Christmas, but the Minions required more work, and because of snow, wasn't able to get them into the yard.
Active Pixel Count: Coming Soon
Downloads
- 2022 Base File for creating your own shows. (Coming Soon)