{"id":326,"date":"2010-09-05T07:43:23","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T07:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/?p=326"},"modified":"2010-09-05T07:43:23","modified_gmt":"2010-09-05T07:43:23","slug":"4channel-dmx-dc-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/?p=326","title":{"rendered":"4Channel Dmx DC Controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a couple of RPM&#8217;s 4ch AC DMX SSRs.\u00a0 They are a great concept for when you need a small channel count in a remote part of your display.<\/p>\n<p>I predominantly use LEDs for displays. This means DC is king.\u00a0 So recently I set out to build a simple DC controller that would need to be small and have reasonable switching capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>I cam up with this list of requirements<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smaller is better<\/li>\n<li>Minimum of 2 Amps per channel<\/li>\n<li>Input supply voltage to be a minimum of 36Vdc, 48Vdc if possible<\/li>\n<li>Standard Diag lights<\/li>\n<li>Surface mount components<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A couple of weeks ago, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockby.com.au\/myindex.cfm\">Rockby Electronics<\/a>&#8216; weekend sale listed some small bulkhead plastic cases for 75 cents each.\u00a0 That was a steal!\u00a0 I bought 80!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/4Ch-Box1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-327\" title=\"4Ch Box1\" src=\"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/4Ch-Box1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/4Ch-Box1.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/4Ch-Box2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-328\" title=\"4Ch Box2\" src=\"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/4Ch-Box2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following story details the approach I took to create what will be the end result, starting with the initial PCB Design.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DMX-4ch-DC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-331\" title=\"DMX 4ch DC\" src=\"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DMX-4ch-DC-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a>The Design has progressed somewhat.\u00a0 The final layout was changed somewhat to allow better cable entry from the box.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_382\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/4ChDCDMX.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-382\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-382\" title=\"4ChDCDMX\" src=\"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/4ChDCDMX-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top View of Semi populated Controller<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To make assembly easier, I had the PCB made in panels of 6.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_381\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/4ChDC-Panel4.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-381\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-381\" title=\"4ChDC Panel4\" src=\"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/4ChDC-Panel4-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panel - Bottom Side - All SMT<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_379\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/4ChDC-Panel2.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-379\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-379\" title=\"4ChDC Panel2\" src=\"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/4ChDC-Panel2-300x282.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panel - Top Side - All the Leaded components<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So how does it Perform?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a couple of RPM&#8217;s 4ch AC DMX SSRs.\u00a0 They are a great concept for when you need a small channel count in a remote part of your display. I predominantly use LEDs for displays. This means DC is &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/?p=326\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}