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Playfield wall art LED kits
- Thread starter SeikoKid
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I guess you'd just need some fairy lights and staple them in place under each insert?
The rgb fairy lights are the cheapest option.
I did a few kits with addressable leds and Arduino(esp32s). The advantage is you can ‘map’ the playfield and do some much nicer patterns.
I’ll do kits again if there is demand.
I’ll take a look tomorrow at parts costs. I haven’t bought led strings for years so no idea on costs off top of my head.
I would like to know the costs too, as I could be interested.
And me... 
I've done that attract mode stuff on several playfields, but it takes some figuring out and is obviously bespoke to each playfield. It needs some coding doing, but I can supply the code for aplayfield I did as an example of what to do.
When I got the 24 playfields to go on the ceiling of my pin-room, I realised it was too much of a task to bespoke code 24 of them, so I wrote a generic playfield system. It produces loads of different pattern effects and colour combinations, and is so much easier to set-up and use.
I can offer both as options going forward. I'd recommend the generic as it's much easier to work with and no coding needed.
You are probably looking at £25-35 for a system that will control up to 100 leds on a playfield. A little more if there are more than 100.
I'll firm up price once I test some cheaper leds that I have ordered
The cheaper ones look like this - small and encapsulated: I need to check how bright they are.
The ones I have used many times are these:
System consists of 100 led string, esp32s controller with s/w pre-installed. 5V Mains adaptor. Esp32s socket, all connectors and wiring. Instructions.
All control is done via your smartphoe or laptop to wirelessly connect to the controller.
Wiring it up is just a case of glueing or stapling the LED's onto the playfield behind each insert.
The leds are wired with 100mm spaced wiring, so usually enough wire to get to the next insert. (If you need to go further, just waste a led or cut the wire and extend it).
The generic software will work right out of the box and will display many colourful pattern displays and you can configure which ones it shows and for how long etc.
Some patterns need to know which led is where on the playfield - so the s/w has a config tool that allows you to set each led's co-ordinates - this then allows patterns that move up or down the playfield, or left to right, right to left, etc. These are some of the best looking patterns, so it's worth mapping the playfield - but by no means necessary. (But if you are not going to map the playfield then may as well get a cheap controller and a string of 100 leds from aliexpress for about £7. )
Hope this helps.
OK - I'll build a kit and photo/video it. - hopefully later today as I'm then away for 5 days.....
Kit will look something like this:
It contains:
1 X 5V Mains Adaptor (with UK and EU/USA/CHINA/AUSTRALIA plugs)
1 X ESP32s development PCB (Pre-loaded with the software)
2 X 50 string Addressable LED's = 100 LEDS (pic shows the wrong type - I don't have 2 string of the white bead type to photo!)
1 X Esp32s terminal socket
1 X 3.5mm Jack Socket
5 Lengths of Hook up wire. 2 X Red & 2 X White for the Power and 1 X Purple for the Data
Very little wiring to do. Just 2 power wires to both the esp32s and the led string and then one data wire from the esp32s to the led string.
I tested the "white bead" type string and it works really well. So will go for those as they are considerably cheaper.
I'll get a bunch of parts ordered, should be here in a week or 2.
It contains:
1 X 5V Mains Adaptor (with UK and EU/USA/CHINA/AUSTRALIA plugs)
1 X ESP32s development PCB (Pre-loaded with the software)
2 X 50 string Addressable LED's = 100 LEDS (pic shows the wrong type - I don't have 2 string of the white bead type to photo!)
1 X Esp32s terminal socket
1 X 3.5mm Jack Socket
5 Lengths of Hook up wire. 2 X Red & 2 X White for the Power and 1 X Purple for the Data
Very little wiring to do. Just 2 power wires to both the esp32s and the led string and then one data wire from the esp32s to the led string.
I tested the "white bead" type string and it works really well. So will go for those as they are considerably cheaper.
I'll get a bunch of parts ordered, should be here in a week or 2.
Sounds great mate, put me down for three please.