{"id":684,"date":"2013-02-10T02:07:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T02:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/?p=684"},"modified":"2014-01-06T19:40:55","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T19:40:55","slug":"hacking-a-grinch-dimmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/?p=684","title":{"rendered":"Hacking a Grinch Dimmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I needed a Grinch dimmer fast and I wasn&#8217;t able to buy a PCB from RPM in a hurry, so I hacked one.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_685\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/GrinchDMXdim_schematic.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-685\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-685\" title=\"GrinchDMXdim_schematic\" src=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/GrinchDMXdim_schematic-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/GrinchDMXdim_schematic-300x195.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/GrinchDMXdim_schematic-1024x666.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/GrinchDMXdim_schematic.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RPM&#8217;s Grinch Dimmer<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So this is how I made it:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_686\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130210_123011.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-686\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-686\" title=\"20130210_123011\" src=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130210_123011-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130210_123011-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130210_123011-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grinch Dimmer top<\/p><\/div>\n<p>next the Bottom &#8211; it isn&#8217;t as complicated or hard as it may look!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_689\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130210_122954.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-689\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-689\" title=\"20130210_122954\" src=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130210_122954-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130210_122954-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130210_122954-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the &#8220;Rats nest&#8221; on the bottom<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I use my on Lay out for the ISP connector.  But the standar 2&#215;3 pin header can still be used.<\/p>\n<p>Connections<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_688\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130210_123203.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-688\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-688\" title=\"20130210_123203\" src=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130210_123203-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130210_123203-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130210_123203-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connections: DMX on the Left and Grinch on the right<\/p><\/div>\n<p>External DMX<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_690\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130210_123154.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-690\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-690\" title=\"20130210_123154\" src=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130210_123154-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130210_123154-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130210_123154-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">External RJ45 for DMX in &amp; Out<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I needed a Grinch dimmer fast and I wasn&#8217;t able to buy a PCB from RPM in a hurry, so I hacked one. 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