{"id":618,"date":"2012-01-18T02:52:37","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T02:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/?p=618"},"modified":"2012-01-18T02:52:37","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T02:52:37","slug":"single-rgb-strip-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/?p=618","title":{"rendered":"Single RGB strip controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to replace the house outline with RGB strips, I need the ability to control individual strips.<\/p>\n<p>I still have way too many <a href=\"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/?p=479\">RGB Kittys<\/a> made up so I decided to create a new shield for the kitty to increase the current drive.<\/p>\n<p>The design has the following feature:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DMX in \/ out on opposite sides on the board &#8211; the board in used inline so as to speak<\/li>\n<li>DMX start address via Push button on start up &#8211; no risk of loosing pesky link packs<\/li>\n<li>smallish form factor<\/li>\n<li>Power entry either separate screw terminals or Cat 5 cable<\/li>\n<li>Operating voltage &#8211; 11 to 13 volts<\/li>\n<li>High Output current &#8211; approximately 1.5A per channel ( to be verified)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>So how much strip can this controller drive?<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nTypical RGB strip is 5 meters long and has 150 LEDs.  The 150 LEDs are broken down to 3 LED segments.  Each segment is set for If = 20mA ( assumed worse case).   This means 5 meters of strip will consume 50 x 20mA = 1 Amp per colour.  These controllers will be good for 5 to 7metres of 150LED RGB Strip.<\/p>\n<p>This Project details the end result.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_623\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2012-01-19-07.12.45.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-623\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-623 \" title=\"2012-01-19 07.12.45\" src=\"http:\/\/baulkolites.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2012-01-19-07.12.45.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Single DMX to RGB Strip Controllers<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nNote:  the above photo shows the RGB Kittys connected to the shield via connectors.  in normal operation that are soldered directly to the shield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to replace the house outline with RGB strips, I need the ability to control individual strips. I still have way too many RGB Kittys made up so I decided to create a new shield for the kitty to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/?p=618\">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\/618"}],"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=618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}