Projects/LED-Banner

Project BitBanner (LED-banner)
Name	BitBanner (LED-banner)
Start	2015/03/13
End
Contact	Bobo1on1, Mro, Rogue, X6m, Polyfloyd, Juerd, Stijn
Website
Information	A giant LED-banner consisting of 16 5-meter long 30 LEDs/meter strips.
Status	Production

Bitlair's new incarnation of blinkenlights: the BitBanner. The BitBanner will consist of 16 5-meter long RGB LED-strips, with 30 pixels per meter totaling 2400 LEDs. They'll need 5v at about 120 Amps. To provide power 12v power supplies will be used along with 32 step down converters (4 per PCB, designed and created by Bobo1on1).

TODO

• Connect power supplies to led-strips wip
  • Buy waterproof 3-pin connectors for the stips done
• Weatherproof power supplies
• Create a controller done
• Buy bold / nut 100 * 3mm 15mm + rings 200 done
• Buy wire for connecting led strips (1 mm2 red/black 32*1m?)
• Buy wire for supplying power to PCB's (2.5 mm2 red/black 12m)
• Buy steel wire and accessories for suspension

POIDH

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  Sorting the LED-strips

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  The BitBanner cloth

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  Polyfloyd and his DIY LED-strip straightener

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  Aligning the LED-strips

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  Aligning the LED-strips

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  All done!

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  Rolled up (also, we moved to a new space in the mean time)

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  Brainsmoke's HexWS2811 controller

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  Powersupplies hooked up to the strips for testing

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  Testing the power supplies

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  Wow, such image

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  Nyan!