There are several commercial and non-commercial options available to control LED displays. These range from small portable displays running on a dedicated microcontroller to large commercial ones that are controlled by custom applications running on a dedicated computer and multiple controllers. WLED is a non-comercial (open source) program and is the probably the best available for portable displays as it supports a wide variety of animations/colour palettes and can be controlled by your cell phone over WiFi. In order to make your own WLED displays, you will need a laptop/desktop and:
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Cost of an Addressable LED Lantern Display
2019/11/14 in Arduino, Electronics, Lanterns
These links provide a rough pricing guideline for sourcing addressable LED electronic components from Lees Electornics locally (or Amazon):
- 1M of WS2812 addressable LED’s 60 led/M ($35)
- WeMOS D1 Mini ESP8266 board ($13)
- USB Powerbank ($20 varies)
- USB Programming Cable ($2.50)
- Optional wall charger ($13)
Cost of purchasing electronic components is approximately: $63.50 to $70.50 plus tax + shipping
plus tax + shipping
Lantern consumables include:
- Bamboo, grapevine, round reed
- Masking tape
- Zip ties
- Hot glue gun and glue
- White/vanilla/coloured tissue paper
- Specialty paper (tissue or mulberry)
- White glue or Mod Podge
- Optional acrylic matte finish
- Water
- Fishing line
- Table covering