Almost finished pixel tree

[TomP]

Hi All,

Thought I would share a few pics and a vid of my pixel tree and its construction, its using 12 strings of 50 WS2811 5V pixels on the ethernet controller.

I wanted to try and keep everything aligned as much as possible so I could use some basic animated images and get a consistent look so I mounted the pixels in holes cross-drilled through lengths of 20mm PVC electrical conduit. Unfortunately this presented a problem as I now needed to get all the holes equally spaced (35mm centres) and in-line with each other. The only practical way to do was by making a drilling jig (below):



And then drill the holes whilst pegging the other hole to keep it inline



The top and base were assembled from marine ply and then painted with a matt black exterior paint



finally with all the pixels added and some very blistered fingers later:



Here is a youtube vid of it up and running with a few test patterns etc:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt28UYLfo_k

[sandy123]

Well engineered Tom. Looks good. Thought, time and effort paid off!

Sandy

[TomP]

Thanks Sandy.

I've still got to tweak the wiring about a bit as I have a second 30A power supply and will split the load between two as if on full white I calculate that the total load would be 36A.

[paul]

Love them might use some of your ideas if ok with you

[TomP]

Cheers Paul,

Of course always happy to help.