Black Hole's V.I.N.CENT MPC model lighting kit

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Black Hole's V.I.N.CENT MPC model lighting kit

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A friend sent me the link to something cool he found on a starship lighting group on FacePalm. It's a lighting kit for MPC's V.I.N.CENT kit.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2414178 ... 090261974/

I am told that these are sold for about 50 pounds. Is this something that could be more cheaply replicated with one of these arduino devices that is discussed on here?
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Yeah that controller board looks like major overkill, although I get the impression that's just a generic driver with far greater capabilities.
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Ant wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2017 2:09 am Yeah that controller board looks like major overkill, although I get the impression that's just a generic driver with far greater capabilities.
When I saw the controller board, I thought, "what the hell?" It is too big to fit inside of the model. I think learning how to do an Arduino would be far cheaper, but it requires some studying.
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One day I was walking and I found this big log. Then I rolled the log over and underneath was a tiny little stick. And I was like, "That log had a child!"
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