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| AlienInferno:
OK. I've been playing around with my LEDWiz and reading the directions again and realized I've been way overthinking things. :o I do that often. LOL. But in the picture you first posted just move the wire that you have in the ground terminal to the +5v terminal next to it. Should work fine after that. I would use a terminal strip similiar to this one. http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=69&products_id=201 You can hook up the +5v from the LEDWiz to it on one side and daisy chain it down that one side, then just hook the +5v lead from the LED's to the opposite side to supply it with 12 volts. Will either need 3 of them for your 32 LED's or just put 3 LED's in each of the terminal strip ports. Also 32 LED's will have you over 500mA if you are using the USB's power. For single color LED's you are at 640mA (32LED's x 20mA). If you are using all RGB LED's then you would be at 1920mA (32LED's x 60mA) as each LED is basically 3 LED's in one. Took some pics that might help. 1st pic - Everything wired up. All connected to the +5v off the LEDwiz. Port 1 is Trackball Red, Port 2 is Trackball Green, Port 3 is Trackball Blue, and Ports 4,5,6,& 7 are single color blue LED's. 2nd pic - A closeup of the trackball RGB wires. For clarification ?. Not sure what I was thinking with this one. :dunno 3rd pic - A closer view of the single color Blue LED's wires. 4th pic - Everything lit up and working. I daisy chained the +5v from the LEDwiz to the LED's but since I don't have a terminal strip yet I just twisted the ends together and used a short wire with a clamp on the end to connect it to the LEDwiz. I'll make a vid later today or tommorrow if you need one. |
| level42jeff:
Ok, so, now I'm thinking of External power. I have 3 LED-wiz's and, preferably, I'd like to have these all on 1 power supply. Is this possible? If so, do I need a +15v power supply? (15 / 3 led-wiz = 5 each?) and what do I need to check to make sure that the mA is compatible? P.S Thanks for your help! ... I've already picked up some terminal blocks its now just a matter of enough power. |
| AlienInferno:
--- Quote from: level42jeff on November 02, 2011, 11:19:44 am ---Ok, so, now I'm thinking of External power. I have 3 LED-wiz's and, preferably, I'd like to have these all on 1 power supply. Is this possible? --- End quote --- Yes. The same power supply can be used for all 3 LED-wiz's. --- Quote from: level42jeff on November 02, 2011, 11:19:44 am ---If so, do I need a +15v power supply? (15 / 3 led-wiz = 5 each?) and what do I need to check to make sure that the mA is compatible? --- End quote --- No. Just use a +5v power supply. Volts stay the same regardless of how many led-wizs you have hooked up. You shouldn't have to worry about amperage too much if you're using an external source. |
| level42jeff:
This is wonderful thanks! I've decided I'm just going to wire it up to my computer power supply :) That seems like the most logical solution. |
| AlienInferno:
Awesome. Did you finally get it to work? |
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