u/Dry-Professor5311

I'm looking to create five 2-metre (6.56 feet) free-standing lights like this image.

However, every DIY project like this is controlled by a DMX512. I'm not interested in using this project alongside professional stage lighting, so DMX is completely unnecessary.

I began a deep dive into people who've turned LED strips into displays.

Most of these projects are overly complicated, adding Wi-Fi capability and the likes. What I would like is to wire these strips together into a single continuous line and have them act as a plug-and-play display. Just like any computer monitor (although a very skinny, low-resolution monitor).

Here's a basic a$$ diagram:

https://preview.redd.it/h6ylskj36u0h1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9dc84b715f586ab386ee5534580a62420a037b73

So two questions:

• What SoC would you recommend?
• What program/software would enable my computer to recognize them as a second monitor of sorts?

I'm considering an ESP32 and any LED strips that use the SK9822 driver for high-speed uploads. However, I'm open to any recommendations.

Thanks in advance!

Hello! First and foremost, I am a visual graphics creator more than any sort of LED programming or wiring expert. However, I do understand the basics and can handle a soldering iron without burning myself lol.

I'm looking to create five 2-metre (6.56 feet) free-standing lights, similar in look and function to the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY5MMBkHTwc

However, every DIY project like this is controlled by a DMX512. I'm not interested in using this project alongside professional stage lighting, so DMX is completely unnecessary.

I began a deep dive into people who've turned LED strips into displays.

Most of these projects are overly complicated, adding Wi-Fi capability and the likes. What I would like is to wire these strips together into a single continuous line and have them act as a plug-and-play display. Just like any computer monitor (although a very skinny, low-resolution monitor).

Here's a basic a$$ diagram:

https://preview.redd.it/6ln7xzc49t0h1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a392d76af1061b2965029cf70d3628d11853c6d9

So two questions:

• What SoC would you recommend?
• What program/software would enable my computer to recognize them as a second monitor of sorts?

I'm considering an ESP32 and any LED strips that use the SK9822 driver for high-speed uploads. However, I'm open to any recommendations.

Thanks in advance!