Controllers

We only have 2 of these CG 1500 boxes. The rest are all just heavy duty Rubbermaid containers. This one has a Falcon smart receiver daisy chained with two more in the next controller box. There is also a Falcon distribution board in there, but will only be used temporarily. The 5v lights on the … Read more

Put together the control box for the garage door matrix panels. It contains two power supplies, and 5 smart differential receivers. They are daisy chained off of each other, so only 2 ports on the F48 are consumed. Each side of the matrix uses 8 outputs. The 5th receiver is for the snowflakes or spiders … Read more

Finished the main control box for the most part. It contains the Falcon F48 controller, Raspberry Pi4 for FPP,5V power supply, 12V power supply, and a differential receiver. Even though its inside, I still used waterproof cable glands and Ethernet pass throughs. Giving me the option to disconnect the Ethernet cables easily.

Decided to go with the Falcon F48 controller. I liked the idea of running Cat 5e cable to remote locations around the garage, house, and yard. And the ability to daisy chain 3 receivers together off of one output is a plus. Still waiting on the receivers to ship yet, but they should be soon.

The Mega Tree kit came with the AlphaPix Evolution CPU and the Flex 16 SPI expansion board. There CPU board can connect up to two more expansions, for a total of 48 outputs, however the CG-1500 enclosure is only tall enough for 1 more expansion. Each of the 16 strands on the mega tree, uses … Read more