The player is what sends the sequences and triggers to the display elements. A lot of sequencers like xLights and Light-O-Rama have built in players. While those players are fine they do not offer the options of the Falcon Player mentioned below. This is what we use. Below we’ll talk about how we use the Falcon Player but it’s capabilities go well beyond how we use it and it only gets better as the developers are constantly working to improve it. There is no other player option out there that is this dynamic.
- Falcon Player
- Plugins
- Projector Control – Plugin used to control (On/Off/Input Setting) on our projector which runs our Virtual Santa display
- Twilio SMS Control – Plugin used to allow visitors to text messages onto a matrix on the house and send greetings to friends and family
- Falcon Player Hardware – This is what we use but you have many options, some listed here
- Raspberry Pi 3 – Computer that runs the Falcon Player
- Power Supply – Power supply used to power the Raspberry Pi 3 as well as the USB attached devices
- Sound Adapter – USB sound adapter that provides higher quality sound than what is built into the Raspberry Pi 3
- USB Flash Drive – Used to store sequences and configuration for the Falcon Player
- Micro SD Card – Used as the operating system storage
- Case w/ Heat Sink – Case used to protect and mount the Raspberry Pi 3
- Heat Sink – Used to keep the Raspberry Pi 3 cool under high processing load
- Wireless Adapter – USB wireless adapter that provides better wireless connectivity than what is built into the Raspberry Pi 3
- Plugins