gherd 0 Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Hi, I'm Gary and I am new around here. I hope I have found the right place to post this. First, I found this forum after seeing a video floating around the net of an LOR display. I went out 2 weeks ago and bought a 16 channel controller, programmed 2 song animations and was thrilled. I then came back to the forum and took alittle time to read and see whats here. Wow, an LED section. Now there is something I can relate too. I have built a custom fixture that consists of a 7" wide platter populated with 250 or so LEDs. They are grouped into groups of the 3 primary colors. By changing the current to the color groups, you adjust the intensity. I placed this platter into a dome fixture I picked up at a building supply store. The dome is white opaque. 8 of these domes were mounted under the front eve of my roof, upside down. The system is DMX controlled and can generate 16.2 million color combinations per fixture. A show can be created at 50 frames a second and make the lights appear in motion. There is virtually no limit to the number of fade, flash, wash, bounce, rainbow, solid color combination you can do. When lit, they wash the front side of my garage in color. At Christmas, they are, of course reds and greens with a little white twinkle put in for effect. But they are great for other holidays too. Pastel colors are even possible. I will try and post some pics or video .... are links to that kind of thing ok on this board? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cbromley 0 Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Are you kidding? We might hunt you down and beat you if you DON'T post a video so we can see! This sounds like a new, unique idea..... Interested in what it looks like, especially on video Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott_Hardin 0 Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Hi Gary! Welcome to PlanetChristmas. I'm glad you found us. You'll find more creativity and help here than anyplace I've ever found on the net. You are absolutely allowed to post links to video and pictures here. As a matter of fact we encourage it! Nothing gets the creative juices flowing like seeing others ideas in action. I might suggest you post your links in the "Show & Tell" section here on the forums. Looking forward to seeing your video. I've got some ideas running in my head for something similar using Malibu garden floods and Red, Green, and Blue C7 bulbs run from an LOR controller. Scott Hardin Columbus, IN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Actually if the video is of the LED platter, please post it here and the showing off forum! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gherd 0 Posted December 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 I snapped a few photos this moring. I also took a real short video showing a fade from green to red. Here are the links to the photos. I will post the video later today. http://68.174.252.164:81/images/RS_blue.JPG http://68.174.252.164:81/images/RS_fixture.JPG http://68.174.252.164:81/images/RS_green.JPG http://68.174.252.164:81/images/RS_purple.JPG http://68.174.252.164:81/images/red.JPG http://68.174.252.164:81/images/RS_underroof.JPG http://68.174.252.164:81/images/RS_fixture.JPG http://68.174.252.164:81/images/RS_back-of-platter.JPG A few more notes about the system. It can be controlled via the internet. I also designed a web page that displays on a PDA (iPaq) which has wireless. So, when I am around my home, I have a full blown wireless remote. The system can handle 256 fixtures. Obviously money would be a prohibitting factor for a system that large. The system will also pulse to the beat of music using a winamp plugin. My thought is that a similar fixture can be make using led or standard christmas lights and controlled using LOR. The one thing that would make it easier is if LOR allowed you to enter a brightness value from 0 to 256. Oh yeah, here is are a couple of photos ofa bridgeI did....... http://68.174.252.164:81/images/full%20rain.JPG http://68.174.252.164:81/images/blue%20green.JPG Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jerry Plak 0 Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Gary, Welcome to PlanetChristmas. we are glad you found us. You'll find more creativity and help here than anyplace I've ever found on the net. also very Interested in what it looks like, especially on video. jerry:snowman: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lon J 0 Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Gary- Is that the Mid-Hudson bridge? Had the occasion to go back home there last year and enjoyed the light show from Mariner's Harbor. Truly spectacular. Great ideas for your globes. Lon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TxLight 0 Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Okay, so now the question is ... about how much would one expect to spend in order to create one of these platters? This has possibilities! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Lindsey 0 Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Gary, Wow! That is awesome. I echo Don's thought. What would the cost of this platter run??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gherd 0 Posted December 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Yes, it is the mid-hudson bridge. I designed the communications system and program all the shows. Cost... I knew that question would come up... The platters are from a company named "Color Kinetics". When new, they cost around $500 each. They no longer manufacturer the model I used. I picked mine up on ebay for about $50 each used. The bigger issue is the cost of the controller. I do not know the current cost. I obtained mine as a beta tester for the company. Yes, the cost is high for this system. That is why I mention building your own using standard or LED x-mas lights and using LOR for control. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gherd 0 Posted December 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Here is a very small video of the lights fading from Green to Red. http://68.174.252.164:81/images/movie.wmv Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gherd 0 Posted December 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 I have posted a video of TBO Carol of Bells using 15 LOR channels and my LED lights. By no means is this a great show or video, but it does show the LED platter lights in action. Hope you enjoy http://www.herdfamily.com/cofb.wmv Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe4x4 0 Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Gary ,....looks interesting . What where they designed for at $500 a pop? Welcome to the board . Joe4x4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gherd 0 Posted December 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 The actual light platters when new, cost around $500.... If you look around e-bay, you can find them for much less. I am not into blowups but thought that one light platter inplace of the standard white light would allow you to cycle and or change colors for the blowup. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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