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analog led-strips #1512

Closed x35gaming closed 3 years ago

x35gaming commented 3 years ago

the chart on the readme.md file had said for analog strips, external circuitry is required, after looking through the wiki, there was no mention of external circutry. is there some option in settings or something to allow output to 3 pwm channels?

Aircoookie commented 3 years ago

Hi! Most people use the analog support with boards that already have the necessary hardware. If you have a bare ESP board, all that you need is most likely an n channel mosfet board though, like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XJSRY6B/

There is no setting for it at this time (that will change in v0.12.0), it has to be compiled into a custom binary.

x35gaming commented 3 years ago

is there a ws2811 compatible solution for dumb strips? i have seen ws2811 and mosfets used as a powerdac before

LeducH commented 3 years ago

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maximecb commented 3 years ago

@Aircoookie is there eventually going to be a prebuilt release binary for analog/PWM devices? Would really like to be able to control things like spotlights from the WLED app 👌

zer0brain commented 3 years ago

@x35gaming I ordered the "h801 wifi controller" from aliexpress. these are 8266 with 5 mosfets built in and they can deal directly with 5-24V. I have to wait until i can finally test them because of 4 weeks shipping. Maybe someone tests those already or can get them faster.

LeducH commented 3 years ago

@x35gaming I ordered the "h801 wifi controller" from aliexpress. these are 8266 with 5 mosfets built in and they can deal directly with 5-24V.

Nice find. I might try as well. I only need the white channel but maybe with a tasmota/esphome flash this will be possible.

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