Making a Pixel Light Show 1/3

This is a fun hobby and you have probably seen them online before. You probably won’t be this big your first year but it still will be cool. Please be careful with high voltage. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES.

A computer with vixen lights or xlights I like vixen
A raspberry pi 3b+
SD card
A pixel controller (I used falcon pi cap)
Pixels

You can use a computer but FPP is easier. There is lots of information online online about FPP. FPP is for the raspberry pi you use it to run your show without needing any help from you. The first time I used FPP I had to connect my rpi to the internet server by Ethernet.

First you need to have FPP running type in FPP.local and hit enter wait and at least 30 seconds. Place the shield on the pi. Go output and click pixel pi string. Click and type the number of pixels a number will show up on the side. Turn down the brightness to 30 and go to display testing. Type the number that you remembered earlier and click the checkmark tada! The pixels should be lighting up!

On the falcon pi cap their are two channels so you cold have two props. You can look up props online. You can make arches, snowflakes or spinners. Online you can find Coro props like holiday Coro. I hope you liked the first part of this 3 part series. Next I will show you how to wire pigtails.