/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1271806
Don't worry too much about that. It was already hijacked kind of.

I'm glad you're motivated, and I would like to see the final design once you're done. Soon enough I'll have a guide on the design aspect of the signs. It's really not that difficult so long as you kind of know a 3D modeling software.

>>1271805
The thing is, most of the STEM people I work with and went to college with love Arduino because it's a great way to get into micro controllers and how they work. Anyone saying "huur tarduino" is probably someone who can't into electronics at all or just a hobby hipster. Ignore them and do what you find fun with it.

>>1243867

Infinity mirror table.

>>1209648

How about you /diy/ and make your own controller? It's not hard to use a mosfet to convert 5V to 12V signal. This way you could not only change the color but have custom animations.

>>1165807

>is this an economical solution?
Not really. You won't be saving any money really. Just do it for convenience or ambient lighting.

>is it possible to run this off mains power?
Yes. Either the 12V or the 5V version can be run off an AC adapter.

>Any ideas?
If you want to go the super easy route get 5050's. They're cheap and have premade controllers for them.

If you want to try and make your own patterns, colors, or just have more control get WS2812Bs and hook them up to a microcontroller.

>>1100053

From your picture that doesn't show much detail:

AC in side is blue and brown. Blue appears to be neutral (which is the black wire on the danger plug), and the brown is line which the white wire on the danger plug. On this side, if I'm not mistaken, there isn't a ground neutral so it doesn't need to be connected (the green wire on the danger plug).

On the other end is DC out end with red being your positive (red to red) and black being the negative (black to black). Hope that helps.