Back to initial blog BYOB Party #1, "Bring you own Bulbs" - The Internet of Holiday Lights
And so all good things come to an end and so it is for this project, as a final entry I present the end solution in its completion
The BYOB Party Night
As with so many who are putting in a real attempt at this holiday challenge , this has taken way more time than I expected (Probably well over a hundred hours maybe even twice that) but it has been a blast, loads learned, new friends made and hopefully those following along at home are learning allot of new stuff from the various posts from all the participants
For those who held back from applying, next time give it a go, some of use go overboard for fun, why... because we can but we try to make it educational and hopefully exciting, the reason for so many hours is we try so many alternative approaches and ideas before we settle on the one we want to present,we select ideas and approaches that others can follow without getting too expensive or complicated and as I think everyone on this project will agree, co-operation and sharing has gone a long way to make this one in my opinion, one of the best yet
For everyone reaching the finishing line, well done, you stayed the course, congratulations and I hope you had as much fun as I have, I cant wait to see all the final posts
I hope the co-operation continues through 2015 and beyond
The following diagram shows all the moving parts (As they say) of the BYOB Party, all of this will be shown working (At the same time) in the video I am currently editing to add to this, all code will also be shared via this blog page for you to use as you feel you want. (No Warranties 
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Unfortunately looks can be deceiving, the pictures below make it look way simpler that it was, getting all this hardware to co-operate and talk to each other was not an easy task to start, once I had figured out the approach and waded through the bugs, it all came together. I hope you enjoy.
No Minions where harmed in the making of this project, though MANY where created or crashed the party
Some shots videos of individual displays
