bob_moody Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Some of you may recall that last Christmas (on Christmas day for that matter) a 75MPH wind gust took out our Merry Christmas sign that was on the roof. Sandra (also celebrating her birthday that day..) was NOT amused and proclaimed the roof to be off-limits to decorations... I say that with humor... it really scared her to have that big sign come sailing off the roof... Enter Merrry Christmas Sign 2.0..... The MC sign was a beloved part of our display and always recevied a lot of comments. It was simple yet it was always a focal point (probably becasue of its size)... We redesigned it from the ground up. It sports a new frame, mounts on the ground and instead of using C9's to make the dots of each letter we moved to 30mm pixels... As with all of our projects, we try to document the process. So here is a short "test" video of the sign. The test was put together in about 5 mins using LOR SE (I dont have enough license yet to create and export anything from SS). There are more details on the build in the How-To on our website:http://moodychristmas.weebly.com/merry-christmas-sign.html The how-to is still a work in progress...The video can be seen from either the BLOG tab on the site or here on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/71710334 Thanks for looking and as always comments (good and bad) are welcomed. Bob and Sandra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougP Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Very nice. Well Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_moody Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Thanks Doug ..It was certainly a Labor of designLabor of solderingLabor of manufacturingLabor of solderingLabor of $$$$Labor of solderingLabor of sequencingLabor of soldering You get the picture .. LOL .. A labor of love... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orville Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Beautiful sign Bob! Wish I had the $$$ and talent to create such a fantastic sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sysco Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Really nice can you give a link to where you got the pixels at and how many on each letter thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_moody Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 Really nice can you give a link to where you got the pixels at and how many on each letter thank youWould be happy to .. I bought them from Ray Wu. The link to the pixels are here:http://www.aliexpress.com/item/20pcs-3leds-rgb-pixel-led-module-WS2811-IC-milky-cover-DC12V-30mm-diameter/866369222.html The specs on the signTotal Pixels = 219 Each letter is based on a 5x7 dot matrixLetters = M E R R Y C H R I S T M A SPixels = 17 18 18 18 9 13 17 18 15 15 11 17 18 15 Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednosetbird Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 looks great! I think ill have to look into ad do a bit of research on the subject matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james campbell Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 great looking sign.that would look great as a fm tune to sign as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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