Steelers95 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I'm working on building 2 pixel spinners out of ws2811 pixels and an e682 for next year but I'm not sure how to wire the pixels. I want around 8 pixels on every leg of the spinner but in order to make a continuous string of pixels would I need to run a wire from the end of one leg down to the middle of the spinner and connect that wire to the next set of pixels on the next leg. I apologize because this is probably not worded the best but I have searched and have not been able to find any real instructions on building a pixel spinner. Thank you for any help you may have to offer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indi Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Go to youtube and search (pixel spinners) there is a pretty good video on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjmcmasters Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Ron Boyd did some spinners; check out his web site http://www.boydchristmasinlights.com/how-to.html. If that is what you are looking for, PM Ron and he should be able to guide you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indi Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 rjmcasters Is right. That is where I got my spinner visualization from. I modified he visualization to fit the size I am building. Ron was gracious to share it with others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I'm working on building 2 pixel spinners out of ws2811 pixels and an e682 for next year but I'm not sure how to wire the pixels. I want around 8 pixels on every leg of the spinner but in order to make a continuous string of pixels would I need to run a wire from the end of one leg down to the middle of the spinner and connect that wire to the next set of pixels on the next leg. I apologize because this is probably not worded the best but I have searched and have not been able to find any real instructions on building a pixel spinner. Thank you for any help you may have to offer The method you describe is about the only way I know unless you want to tie up a totally unnecessary number of outputs from the 682. I did a 10-spoke prototype using a single CCR ribbon with 5 pixels on each spoke. Lots of soldering but the results are worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Boyd Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Steelers95, I made up a quick drawing of how mine are wired. You can see it at this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b1j1afepxpsuv5q/Spinner%20Wiring.pdf?dl=0 My large spinner is made up of 10 arms with 25 square pixels each. The small ones are made with strip pixels and have 17 pixels on 8 arms. Here is a short vid with my favorite effect for these: I also answered your PM with a link to a build I did last year. Although the build is a fan, the concept is the same. For those who may want to build something like this, here's the link to my Pixel Fan Build: http://www.boydchristmasinlights.com/how-to.html Obviously, this is not the only way to do it but, this is the way I did it. Hope this helps out a bit. Edited January 27, 2015 by Ron Boyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers95 Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Thank you, helps out alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77doran Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 When I built my spinner, I powered the pixel strips from the center. I ran the data line, back down the arm. It's much easier conceiling 1 wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers95 Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 did you have to run each of the wires to the power supply seperatly or did you connect all the v+ wires together and just run one v+ wire to the power supply, if so how did you connect the v+ wires together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77doran Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I ran one wire from the PS, to the first leg. Then a v+ & v- jumper to the next leg. After work, I can take a pic or make a drawing, showing how I wired it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Boyd Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) When I built my spinner, I powered the pixel strips from the center. I ran the data line, back down the arm. It's much easier conceiling 1 wire.I was wondering if that would work. It does for strips, bit I haven't tried it with nodes. Thanks for confirming. edit: Oh wait, you said strips. Does anybody know if this works for nodes too? I would think so, I just haven't tried it Edited January 28, 2015 by Ron Boyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrymac Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Shouldn't make any difference nodes and strips are the same except the circuit board -vs- wire connecting pixels. The modules themselves are the same just self contained in nodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddm1919 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Very cool effect Ron. Where did you get your strips? Is it run through DMX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Boyd Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Strips are WS2812b, 5v from diyledexpress.com 17 pixels per leg and ran from a j1sys P12S. That will be replaced this year with a pixel extender from diy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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