{"id":987,"date":"2014-09-04T13:16:34","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T13:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/?p=987"},"modified":"2014-09-04T13:16:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T13:16:34","slug":"8-channel-rgb-led-flexible-strip-controller-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/?p=987","title":{"rendered":"8 Channel RGB LED Flexible Strip Controller &#8211; Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have previously designed and biult a <a href=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/?p=428\" target=\"_blank\">8 channel RGB strip controller<\/a>.\u00a0 This controller has served well.\u00a0 But sadly the output transistors have gone End of Life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_989\" style=\"width: 299px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DMX_8ch_LED_Rev4.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-989\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-989 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DMX_8ch_LED_Rev4-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"Artwork Design\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DMX_8ch_LED_Rev4-289x300.jpg 289w, http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DMX_8ch_LED_Rev4.jpg 710w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork Design<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I did two things to rectify this situation, I found a replacement device and ordered 500 to try out.\u00a0 I also decided to look for some smaller devices and have been taken with the DMN6040SSD-13 yu Diodes Incorporaate.<br \/>\nIn short, the specs are:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Dual N-Channel, Vds=60 V, Id=4.4 A &amp; Rds On =55 mOhms (Vgs =4.5V)<br \/>\nPackage\/Case: SOIC-8<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_988\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DMX_8ch_LED_Rev4_Assembled.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-988\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-988 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DMX_8ch_LED_Rev4_Assembled-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"DMX_8ch_LED_Rev4_Assembled\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DMX_8ch_LED_Rev4_Assembled-300x273.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DMX_8ch_LED_Rev4_Assembled.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1st Prototype<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I also added a couple of fuses , Rj45s and dropped the switch mode power supply for a simple linear.\u00a0 For 12Volt operation this is fine.\u00a0 for higher voltages, I will change the LM7805 to Murata Switcher.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Now to test the unit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have previously designed and biult a 8 channel RGB strip controller.\u00a0 This controller has served well.\u00a0 But sadly the output transistors have gone End of Life. I did two things to rectify this situation, I found a replacement device &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/?p=987\">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":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987"}],"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=987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":990,"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987\/revisions\/990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mynoellights.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}