Intro to Holiday Light Automation

Google Tech Talks
December, 12 2007

ABSTRACT

Come learn how you can easily build your very own automated Christmas light show. I'll present details about the hardware and software, including different "off the shelf" and "build your own" options. I'll also show pictures and video of my setup (32 strings controlled using a combination of off the shelf and custom built components).

Speaker: Andy Swing
I'm a Hardware Engineer here at Google and I've always had a passion for electronics and automation. When it came to putting up Christmas lights, I just had to go all out!

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[jaki54321]

thanks, that helped me alot. I am doing my 1st show this Halloween 08 and I have been working on it with light-o-rama and Holiday Light Designer (HLD) software. What I like about the HLD is the fact that I can take a picture of my house, put lights on it and control it with the ligh-o-rama software. it shows me exactly what it will look like. If u have any suggestions for me, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again :)

[newyowker]

great video

[bretw]

Ah, they cut out the video of Wizards in Winter...