I would like to submit my propeller powered Christmas lights project that has been ongoing for the past few years. The lights are controlled by a 16 channel Propeller powered controller that I call the "Rudolph 16". These controllers receive DMX-512 from a Propeller powered PC interface I call the "DMX Director". The DMX Director connects to the PC via USB. In order to ensure the Prop could swallow the needed data stream quickly without error, I utilized a FTDI245 USB to parallel serial interface. I modified the FDS object to work with the FTDI245 and uploaded to the OBEX. It took the better part of a year to design the boards and write the software in my spare time. Starting off, I knew nothing of Propeller and only had worked with basic stamps. The "shows" are generated using a shareware PC program called "Vixen". I wrote a plugin for Vixen to talk to my "DMX Director".
This show has 96 DMX-512 channels available, with the "Mega Tree" being 64 of those channels. My wife created all of the shows that we display during the Christmas season.
Merry Christmas everyone!