A ShiftBrite Christmas


Merry Christmas!

I installed 30 ShiftBrites on the front fence this year. I'm pretty happy with the results!


Submitted by Garrett on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 03:29.

AWESOME!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 08:04.

AWESOME!

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Fantastic! I'm looking

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 15:06.

Fantastic! I'm looking forward to seeing your new sequences.

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about the time i discovered

Submitted by Andrew (not verified) on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 05:41.

about the time i discovered your ShiftBrite devices i also discovered the BlinkM from sparkfun http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8579

I would like to know the advantages of yours over the sparkfun products... I already can see that yours are cheaper, but I'd like to know more. The sparkfun model seems to use the I2C protocol to talk to them, and from what i understand I@C allows each device to have a different "address" so in theory you could chain link them together, but have each one be a different color. I'm not sure if yours can do that or not. Please can you clarify and state each ones advantages and disadvantages....

is there a way to talk to your ShiftBrites over I2C with some sort of I2C converter?

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If you check out the article

Submitted by Garrett on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 11:56.

If you check out the article about ShiftBrites on this site, a lot of people have asked the same questions and I've provided answers in the comments: http://macetech.com/blog/node/23

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ok, cool. that clarified

Submitted by Andrew (not verified) on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 15:52.

ok, cool. that clarified things a little.

I gather that 12c is better if you want to address individual leds, but it takes more work.

I think i might get 30 or so of your ShiftBrights to make a neat Christmas light string. Unfortunately i don't like the pin headers sticking out the back, so i think i might order the header-less ones, and attach 90 degree headers. You should carry 90 degree headers in your store.

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Hey Garrett, Very Cool

Submitted by Robert @ TechShop (not verified) on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 22:41.

Hey Garrett,

Very Cool Indeed... Looks Great! When are you going to start teaching classes for us?

Happy Holidays..!

Cheers,

Robert

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Hi Robert, thanks...A little

Submitted by Garrett on Thu, 12/11/2008 - 02:07.

Hi Robert, thanks...A little busy these days (haven't been around Techshop most of this month) but I'm helping Ray Munson a little with some ideas and devices for possible classes.

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