Monday, July 28, 2008

Fun Christmas Project

If you are offended by Christmas then LOG OFF!!!!!

I just ordered some circuit boards for making one of those Christmas Light Displays that are synchronized with music. The boards are coming from another country. Once they arrive, I am going to order enough parts to populate one board and build it for a total of 16 channels. If it works, I will build the remaining boards. I will post my progress here. Yes... I'm starting early - but this could be a big project. Hopefully the local overstock store will have a ton of cheap Christmas Lights for sale around Thanksgiving like they did last year.

I already have an FM transmitter and found some cool Christmas Music. I am not revealing the songs on the internet because I want to be the first to do these songs. I'm probably going to include "Wizards in Winter" by Trans Siberian Orchestra because "everyone does it" and I can get a good start on a sequence by downloading it.

(The following video link is not of my house) For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, check this video out (I REPEAT, not of my house).

If I get anything decent working, I will upload some YouTube videos and post the link to my channel.

Since I just moved in June, I will surely make an "impression" on my new neighbors. Cracks me up... I found out that my house is known as "the computer science house" by several neighbors because the previous owner taught computer science at an elementary school. Boy, are they in for a surprise - HA HA HA