Christmas lights to Music(Wizards in Winter)-Arduino Christmas light show 2018
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- Опубліковано 22 січ 2025
- Thank you for watching!!! Please like, subscribe, and share this video! If you have questions, comment below. If you would like me to do this next year like and subscribe!
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Parts used in the project(here is just a few of them)
FM: transmitter: amzn.to/2tkSZPw
Arduino mega: amzn.to/2Ifek77
Relays: amzn.to/2X6ppe1
Wires: amzn.to/2GLVn9K
disclaimer:(these are some of the electronics, if you buy all of these products you will not have a light show as showed in this video, you still need lights, extension cords, and much more.
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Statistics:
-Over 650ft of lights
-approximately 3500 lights in total
-over 100 hours of work
-20 hours of programming
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Upcoming project/video:
-Behind the scenes of the Christmas light show
-Coco-cola vending machine
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Music in this video
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Song Wizards In Winter (Instrumental)
Artist Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Album The Lost Christmas Eve
Writers Paul O’Neill, Robert Kinkel
Licensed to UA-cam by:
UMG, WMG (on behalf of Lava); Warner Chappell, UBEM, PEDL, and 9 Music Rights Societies
Not only a technological wonder, it is also very artistically staged. The boy has real talent in both art and tech. I'm running now to find this piece of magic music. THANKS!
I drove by tonight and it was 10x better in real life!!!
OMG I loved the 2020 show we were the you are amazing and talented and I encourage continuing! Even with the difficulties it was still amazing
hey thanks so much!! haha yeah sorry about the tech problems tonight, glad you could see it though!
SO cool!!! Great job Josiah!! Wish I could see in real life...
Excellent work, Josiah! Drove by the display tonight. Looked awesome! I can tell you put a lot of work into this. Keep up the good work on the coding and UA-cam. Looking forward to future videos.
Thank you so much!!
Could you please do a video of the lights in action up close it would be very interesting to see the light bulbs...flashing...randomly
Sorry I’m a little confused as to what you mean
@@arduinoinventions8762 I mean it would be cool if you did something like film inside the mega tree or record the light sequencer on your porch while there was a song playing I just thought it would be kinda interesting.
@@CSDM15 Oh Gotcha, yeah if you go check out my christmas light show video from 2019 I show it for a couple seconds but...its not too exiting haha😂
@@arduinoinventions8762 oh ok well I might have the opportunity to see that on my house this year 2021 because I’m thinking about building a mega tree for my light show
Hey- Sweet show! Just drove by. I’d love to be able to a similar thing.
i saw this on a news station but I had to search by your name in order to find the real video because they only showed part of it. Wish they would have linked to it in the article because I am sure more than 3,000 views have occurred. Anyways, just wanted to say congrats on an excellent light show. Keep up the great work!
Hey, I just saw those in real person, really good work
They look amazing
hey thank so much glad you could see them!
It’s impressive you were able to do all this with an Arduino. Much cheaper than buying a Falcon controller with addressable pixels for someone just stepping into the hobby. This video is a bit older but I’m wondering if Vixen and X lights are compatible or comparable. Nice job!
wow,i though the relay thing was just there but you actualygot them to work,wow nice job
Anyone know how I would go about doing a project like this on a smaller scale? I want to do my own with a different song and a christmas tree.
Looking forward to more videos man!
This is actually amazing. Nice job!
Thank you, glad you could see it!
Good Work. Can you please share the vixen project to me? Including the arduino code.
Yes I can, could you send me your email?
So how did you make the tradition lights go on the computer
If you check out my video “getting ready for Christmas lights part one I think that might answer your question
Badass!
How do I upload the sequence to arduino mega
The arduino is always taking data from vixon. So your computer that is timing the sequence is always running and always sending data to the arduino though a usb cable running the lights
@@arduinoinventions8762 mannnn you saved my life vixen is an amazing software i was searching for that!!! big kiss!
That's awsome! Keep up the good Work!
Thanks!!! how did you find me???
@@arduinoinventions8762 I saw the article on the Des moines register. I have to drive by and see it in person sometime!
Nice! It has been so long!!! We should get together again sometime!!!
We drove by tonight and loved it! My friend is 12 and we want to do this next year. Can you tell us more about how you made this? His little brother is 1.5 and usually sleeps through the light displays but he LOVED yours! He was sad when we drove away. Great job! I hope you do another display next year. Including the gospel message in your recording was really great! Thanks for being an inspiration!
Glad you liked it. You can check out my other videos on how I did it. If you want to see even more how it works you can check out this guys UA-cam channel:
m.ua-cam.com/video/WvG9c84ApFA/v-deo.html
Thanks!!
I like the style you have for a light show. Now days everyone who does a light show seems to use LED strips. But i like the string lights, LIKE you have, better.
Hey thanks so much!! Glad you enjoyed it!!
Excellent job! I've got an Uno I'd considered using for something Christmas light related. I'll definitely check out your in-depth video too. I'd heard in the past that Ankeny police are not fans of these displays due to traffic issues. Any conversations with therm or concerns from the neighbors?
No, not yet. Our neighbors are okay with it for now...😋
@@arduinoinventions8762 Hey just a thought...my dad has done a show like this for 5 or 6 years now that is fairly popular. He hired someone to do voiceovers between songs that basically remind people to mind your neighbors, don't block driveways or the road, etc. Also tells people if the show is down for maintenance or technical problems so you don't have people sitting and waiting when/if you ever have problems. Now that you're on the news I imagine there will be more traffic. Might be something to look into. Looking forward to checking this out!
Could you show the code you used in a video?
I possibly could. If you would like I could send the arduino code to you. Would you like that?
Yeah
I am building one and coding is not my strong suit
I will send it to you when I get home in 2 hours... thanks!
here is the code.If you would like me to email it to you instead i can do that also. Upload this code to the computer and then download Vixen 3.1 u2. I have heard that it works the best with this arduino code.
There is a guy on youtube that explains how do use vixen in depth. If you have any more questions just ask me! Thanks!!
#define MEGA_VIXEN
//#define UNO_VIXEN
#ifdef MEGA_VIXEN
#define MAX_CHANNELS 48
int channels[MAX_CHANNELS] = {2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53};
#endif
#ifdef UNO_VIXEN
#define MAX_CHANNELS 18
int channels[MAX_CHANNELS] = {2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,A0,A1,A2,A3,A4,A5};
#endif
int incomingByte[MAX_CHANNELS];
void setup()
{
int i;
Serial.begin(9600); // set up Serial at 9600 bps
for ( i = 0; i < MAX_CHANNELS; i ++ ) pinMode(channels[i], OUTPUT);
}
void loop()
{
int i;
if (Serial.available() >= MAX_CHANNELS)
{
for (i=0; i < MAX_CHANNELS; i ++) incomingByte[i] = Serial.read();
}
for (i = 0; i < MAX_CHANNELS; i ++ ) analogWrite(channels[i], incomingByte[i]);
}
So many ways to synchronize...
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Wow know that this project is awesome!! and I admire your aspirations for tinkering and creating! Your video shows commitment and attention to detail! I ask if you could just check out my latest video and tell me what you think in the comments! Arduino is awesome 🤙🏻
I subbed also! Post some more cool videos 😎
Thanks, I will check you out!
Dude your content is amazing!! I’ll consider giving you a shoutout in my next video! (In like a week or two) You also give a lot of commitment in editing and making cool stuff!! Also I subscribed!
Arduino Inventions Thank you for the encouragement and that would be so helpful! Thank you for subscribing!
By the way I am going to do a shoutout in my next video today by putting your channel in the comments
nice one lil bro. I didnt like it . I loved it.