Light Sequencers
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DIY Christmas
Software
Vixen http://www.vixenlights.com/ xLights http://diylightanimation.com/index.php?topic=3387.0 http://sourceforge.net/projects/xlights/
HLS
Joe Hinkle's HLS http://doityourselfchristmas.com/forums/showthread.php?19568-HLS-Sequencer-Beta-Free-to-use Software Demo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOwrz-P5Bf0 Show Example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sHABs-Tyno
Websites/Forums
http://www.diylightanimation.com/wiki/index.php?title=Software http://doityourselfchristmas.com/
DMX
What is DMX?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPAmB3SzJEo
Arduino
http://playground.arduino.cc/Learning/DMX http://playground.arduino.cc/DMX/Ardmx
Software
BirdFish
high level python library for creating effects across multiple RGB LEDs https://github.com/ptone/BirdFish
Madrix
Demo Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEKbVin93_o Free Trial http://www.madrix.com/en/home/download/madrix-software.html
Artnet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art-Net https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chfsoft.artnet_dmx_Lite&hl=en http://www.deskontrol.net/blog/arduino-based-artnet-node-for-led-pixels/ http://www.pablogindel.com/2012/03/artnet-light-controller/ http://www.lumikit.com.br/software-dmx-lumikit-show-windows%26lang%3Den
Arduino
http://vvvv.org/contribution/artnet-arduino-set-v2
Hardware
Raspberry Pi
PixelPi
Original/active https://github.com/mostley/PixelPi PixelPi w/ OLA https://github.com/PixelPi/PixelPi Related thread on Open-lighting https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/open-lighting/7uYh-t-lcaM/cZIkBMQ7m9sJ Related blog posts http://thegreatgeekery.blogspot.ca/2012/10/pixelpi-update.html http://thegreatgeekery.blogspot.ca/2012/08/raspberry-pi-and-ws2801.html
LPD8806
Blog post http://www.adamhaile.net/projects/raspberrypi-led-strip-control/ Repo https://github.com/adammhaile/RPi-LPD8806