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[QUOTE="i13, post: 82120, member: 21708"] Looks as though you know what you're doing but there's not much time left. A display like that isn't something that can simply be thrown together in a couple of weeks. Posting your plan on the forum is a good idea. The main suggestion I'd have is to avoid Ray Wu's 12V nodes. These run at higher currents than they should and the result is wasted power and more voltage drop than there should be. They don't take advantage of being 12V so you may as well get 5V for better efficiency. You have a large number of nodes in a small area. Having 5V in the setup would also allow you to make some of the nearby shorter strips 5V. This would increase their resolution and voltage drop isn't such a problem for short lengths of strip. Learning about power injection will be very important with any of the controllers that you listed. Without power injection, you won't be able to take advantage of the large numbers of pixels per output that they support. Power injection also alllows you to run 5V and 12V lights end-to-end. One of these is a good idea in your first order. It allows you to test your pixels without setting up a controller [url=https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/DC12V-WS2811-LED-smart-pixel-controller-With-76-kinds-of-patterns-2048pixels-controlled/701799_32261096741.html]https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/DC12V-WS2811-LED-smart-pixel-controller-With-76-kinds-of-patterns-2048pixels-controlled/701799_32261096741.html[/url] These end caps may come in handy too if you plan on cutting and joining strip. I still recommend putting heatshrink over these to reduce physical stress on the solder joins as you move the strips around but the end caps are good for waterproofing. Ray doesn't mind if you buy a small number of these alongside other items. [url=https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Silicon-end-cap-8mm-10mm-12mm-optional/701799_459153462.html]https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Silicon-end-cap-8mm-10mm-12mm-optional/701799_459153462.html[/url] It's always a good idea to buy a few more pixels than you actually need. Pixels can fail and you might need null pixels. Edited because of an incorrect link [/QUOTE]
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