JustinThyme wrote:
Latency? Response? we are talking about RGB lighting?
I was talking about communication from the motherboard to the RPi. That would add at least some latency. And I want to have my API calls to be as instantaneous as possible.
JustinThyme wrote:
I still dont see how you will control these individually by feeding a data line into a driver with no decoder.
Yeah I think we misunderstand each other here a bit. When I was saying I want to control the components individually, I meant that each component needs to be controlled separate from each other. The component itself doesn't have addressable RGB, they just use the 12V aura header. If I want addressable still, I can just chain it to this board. I'll know that the first 6 "LED's" will me my fans, the next one the reservoir, etc. All the rest after that may be a RGB LED strip if I'll be going for that.
This is how it works, right? Or I am thoroughly misunderstanding what the WS2811 does.
EDIT: Updated my design according to feedback of the electronics forum. Also turns out that the IC's are half the size of what I had, so the design has quite a bit since:
EDIT2: Yeah turns out a wire of millemeter won't take 11 amps. xD
This and the previous circuit update were the result of kellys_eye's amazing feedback, thank you!
Hey yeah, I think this will definitely help your cause! 😄
Turns out the crappy program I was using didn't compile to gerber files, which are needed if I was to send the board for manufacturing. So I learned another program called 'Eagle', and this did the job properly:
This program even has board generation to some extend, but I ended up doing it manually anyway. The boards (10) are already manufactured and on their way towards here. And then comes the soldering challenge. Looking forwards to it.
I've also decided to open source the project. People are then able to access the gerber and drill files without the need for Eagle:
https://github.com/CXgamer/Aura-sync-splitter
Turns out the crappy program I was using didn't compile to gerber files, which are needed if I was to send the board for manufacturing. So I learned another program called 'Eagle', and this did the job properly:
This program even has board generation to some extend, but I ended up doing it manually anyway. The boards (10) are already manufactured and on their way towards here. And then comes the soldering challenge. Looking forwards to it.
I've also decided to open source the project. People are then able to access the gerber and drill files without the need for Eagle:
https://github.com/CXgamer/Aura-sync-splitter
The boards arrived in the mail yesterday! There's 10 of these. So excited! 😄
So aside from the diagonal resistors (which are variable), I have all the components I need now! I layed the IC over the board to make sure it was the right size, and it was! Spent 2 minutes dancing afterwards.
Hot glue was used to attach the board to the cardboard to reduce slippage. A regular multi-meter will tell me if I soldered correctly.
Still, some plastic was molten, because I am an amateur. Hope this doesn't destroy its inner workings because I would only know far into the future if it would.
And then it was time go jump into the bed. More soldering tomorrow and probably some days beyond that.
So aside from the diagonal resistors (which are variable), I have all the components I need now! I layed the IC over the board to make sure it was the right size, and it was! Spent 2 minutes dancing afterwards.
Hot glue was used to attach the board to the cardboard to reduce slippage. A regular multi-meter will tell me if I soldered correctly.
Still, some plastic was molten, because I am an amateur. Hope this doesn't destroy its inner workings because I would only know far into the future if it would.
And then it was time go jump into the bed. More soldering tomorrow and probably some days beyond that.
