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ElectroMage
ElectroMage Pixelblaze V2+ WiFi LED Controller
$25.00
ElectroMage Pixelblaze Sensor Expansion Board
$29.00
Serial to 8 Channel WS2812 Driver
$15.00
4 meter spool of 60/m SK9822 (APA102) RGB LEDs
$68.00
5 meter spool of 30/m SK9822 (APA102) RGB LEDs
$42.00
1 meter strip of 144/m SK9822 (APA102) RGB LEDs
$34.00
4 meter spool of 60/m SK6812 (WS2812) RGBW LEDs
$45.00
2 meter strip of 144/m SK6812 (WS2812) RGBW LEDs
$64.00
About
I've been tinkering on stuff and coding things as long as I can remember!
I hope you enjoy my products.
For some of my other projects, check out http://bhencke.com
For Pixelblaze and other ElectroMage products, check out https://electromage.com
Reviews
Lars | Nov. 29, 2019
Great Controller - even for LED Panels
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Just plugged the Panels in, connected to power, chose a sound expression and: wow!
Also Ben answered my question directly.
Just a hint: 512 LEDs need a lot more power than USB provides, so I bought a 150 Watt power supply. Calculate is wisely ...
Alexander | Nov. 22, 2019
Addressable LEDs made easy!
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With its wifi captured-portal setup, it was a breeze to get on my network. Once connected, I can log in using my browser to edit any of the included effects (or make my own) and see the results in real time! In my mind this is THE ideal controller for driving these strips.
The fit and finish of the PixelBlaze is good; excellent solder work. Keep in mind you will need to solder on the screw terminals if you choose to use those; they're through-hole so even someone who is weak at soldering like myself should be able to do it no problem. If you have never soldered before, grab an iron, some lead-free solder, and a youtube video and you'll be ready to get to work with your pixel blaze in no time.
I even reached out to Ben with some technical questions and got some great advice on my desired use case for the PixelBlaze. Next year I will be purchasing several more of these to run different LED strips throughout my home.
Florian | Nov. 20, 2019
I love it!
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The features are as described.
It talks at 115200 baud over serial and has its own dedicated MCU to do all the processing of the accelerometer, microphone and 5 analog inputs.
It can be used with anything that speaks serial.
Took me some time to find the documentation, but it is pretty straight forward and well integrated with the pixelblaze board that i used it for.
Only drawback is the price, i think it is too expensive.
On the other hand high quality components are used and i bet the development took a lot of time.
Will buy again if the budget allows it.
Florian | Nov. 20, 2019
\o/ yay
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I built a hypercube (half-transparent glass + ledstrips) and started with my usual arduino approach.
It worked out alright, but once i started to add sound recognition i remembered that i always wanted to check out that pixelblaze board.
2 weeks later i got it and the matching sensor board in the mail (i am on the other end of the globe).
The community is great, the author responsive, the webinterface not only well designed but actually incredible.
I do a lot of blinkenthings myself and finished various projects with the ESP8266 in the past.
I had no idea that it can be so responsive.
That webinterface with live coding and websockets for instant display is so way out, please check it out.
Look at a youtube video for the webinterface, i promise you wont be disappointed.
The only "weird" thing is the logic that the scripts always calls a render(index) function for each pixel and you need to adapt to that logic to generate patterns.
But once you wrap your head around that concept it is AMAZING!
Another thing I don't like about the project is that it is closed source, but i understand why the author chose not to release the source (yet).
I sure hope he will release it in the future as this is a true treasure chest, a work of art.
The Sensorboard features its own MCU that does all the processing of the accelerometer, 5 analog inputs, a light sensor, a line in port and an on-board microphone.
It sends 16bit values over serial at 115200 baud constantly and is fast and super useful.
I will definitely use this in other projects.
6 out of 5 stars.
Will buy again.
Pete | Nov. 14, 2019
Simple to use and quite powerful
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