Hi All,
Although I usually pick up on things pretty fast, I am VERY new to electronics. This will be my first real project. I am in the process of making a birthday cake CakeBoss style, for my daughters 7th bday party. It will be a singing Barbie on a stage, with stage lights that connect to a Music IR controller so they turn on and off with the music. My biggest issue to tackle is that while MOST people who use Music IR controllers hook them up to a store bought LED strand, and I need a custom strain of LEDs, so I can fit them into the stage light fixtures on the lighting truss. Attached is a picture (I know, I know, it's a terrible pic, I was in a hurry) of what the lighting truss will looks like.
The colored dots in the pic are going to be the LEDS. The Black dots stand for clear white LEDS. I've been researching how to make a custom strain of LEDs, and have been gathering info on how many I can connect together based on the color, what size resistor to use, etc. I was hoping someone with more experience could give me the schematics on how to hook this up, as well as any advice and warnings of what to do/not to do. My final question is for the Music IR controller. For the store bought LED strand,there is 4 wires to attach that hook to the slots on the Music IR Controller labeled RBG+( which I'm assuming must be ground?) so what? There's only 1 ground for all colors in a store bought strand? How would I do this with the custom strand? I also attached pictures of the Music IR controller and a schematic of a store bought LED strand, because I need it to be similar enough to this so I can plug it into the Music IR Controller.
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
Alright, apparently I can only attach 1 pic, so I included te custom LED setup. You'll have to look at the store bought LEd strand and Music IR controller on your own, although there is a partial pic of it at the top of the attached image.
Although I usually pick up on things pretty fast, I am VERY new to electronics. This will be my first real project. I am in the process of making a birthday cake CakeBoss style, for my daughters 7th bday party. It will be a singing Barbie on a stage, with stage lights that connect to a Music IR controller so they turn on and off with the music. My biggest issue to tackle is that while MOST people who use Music IR controllers hook them up to a store bought LED strand, and I need a custom strain of LEDs, so I can fit them into the stage light fixtures on the lighting truss. Attached is a picture (I know, I know, it's a terrible pic, I was in a hurry) of what the lighting truss will looks like.
The colored dots in the pic are going to be the LEDS. The Black dots stand for clear white LEDS. I've been researching how to make a custom strain of LEDs, and have been gathering info on how many I can connect together based on the color, what size resistor to use, etc. I was hoping someone with more experience could give me the schematics on how to hook this up, as well as any advice and warnings of what to do/not to do. My final question is for the Music IR controller. For the store bought LED strand,there is 4 wires to attach that hook to the slots on the Music IR Controller labeled RBG+( which I'm assuming must be ground?) so what? There's only 1 ground for all colors in a store bought strand? How would I do this with the custom strand? I also attached pictures of the Music IR controller and a schematic of a store bought LED strand, because I need it to be similar enough to this so I can plug it into the Music IR Controller.
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
Alright, apparently I can only attach 1 pic, so I included te custom LED setup. You'll have to look at the store bought LEd strand and Music IR controller on your own, although there is a partial pic of it at the top of the attached image.
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