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First ensure you have a large enough power supply to do the job. The one listed in the build procedure will easily drive 2 strings of LED's but if you...

Brian, your wiring looks correct. I couldn't tell, but I'm assuming the level converter chip is oriented with the semi-circle locator facing to the le...

That is possible if it was wired incorrectly at some point. Post a picture of the breadboard et al and we'll look to ensure that its wired properly. -...

While the problem is occurring, wiggle one wire at a time to see if you can figure out which wire is intermittent. Also, while rare I've had jumper wi...

Hey, that looks great. I really like your legend! - Mark

Hi Brian, you are describing an intermittent circuit. It is either on the signal wire from the RPi to the level converter or the converted signal wire...

Perfect. Great job. Let us know if you have other questions. - Mark

Hi Brian, your issue is not uncommon. It invariably stems from a miswired circuit or a bad pin hole in your breadboard, or you may not be grounding th...

Armand, they should be the same image. The difference is the one on the web site was shrunk to allow it to fit on an 8 gig SD card. Other than that th...

Armand, sorry you got caught up in the freeze there in Texas. That can't be fun. Thanks for the pictures. You seem to have it wired properly now. Go...

Hi Julien, I needed to use AJAX to inject the METAR data into the 'apedit.html' file depending on what the weather is when the editor was loaded. So...

Ron, I have to use 2 different weather products for this information. One for the LED's and another for editor. I found that the two products are not ...

Love the frame! Great job. - Mark

No problem. Genius might be a bit of an exaggeration, but I appreciate the kudos! - Mark

Ron, double check that the "RGB or GRB LEDs Used" under "LiveSectional Settings" setting is set correctly for the type of LED's you are using. Based o...