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I’m interested to know which led ics are you buying. WS2813? What about the controller, are you DIY or off the shelf?

I’ve been using SP105E as a controller but it doesn’t have smooth fades and it takes too long to write my own firmware on a custom board to achieve that for a one off.

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The strands I just purchased are WS2811 bullet pixels , with regulators to run on 12v. For the arches I used 2812Bs. In retrospect I wish I would’ve gone with 2815s - again for 12v. I have to deal with multiple voltages in my setup. I run my shows off of a Raspberry Pi - though I’m planning on integrating a teensy 4.1 to handle the tree.

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