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Pac-Drive in-game question
Franco B:
EDIT: Damn, you must have modified your post as I was replying and now my answer is completely wrong ::) See my post below for the answer to your modified post.
--- Quote ---No, you need one or the other for your application. They are both lighting/output controllers. The Pac-Drive is made by Ultimarc and the LED-Wiz is made by Groovy Game Gear. Both controllers have their pro's and con's.
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arzoo:
--- Quote from: moose on September 11, 2008, 02:32:04 am ---Hm. any benefits one way or the other ? voltage limitations?
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The LED-Wiz has variable intensity levels (pro) but costs more (con). The PAC-Drive can only turn the LEDs on or off (con?) but costs less (pro).
By the way, LEDBlinky has a plugin for AtomicFE.
Franco B:
--- Quote from: arzoo on September 11, 2008, 07:53:08 am ---
--- Quote from: moose on September 11, 2008, 02:32:04 am ---Hm. any benefits one way or the other ? voltage limitations?
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The LED-Wiz has variable intensity levels (pro) but costs more (con). The PAC-Drive can only turn the LEDs on or off (con?) but costs less (pro).
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Also the LED-Wiz has 32 outputs where as the Pac Drive has 16.
As for voltage, the LED-Wiz can only handle 5v devices (con) where as the Pac Drive can handle devices up to 48v using an external power supply (pro).
Personally im using both LED-Wiz's and a Pac Drive. Im using 3 LED-Wiz's to control most of my LEDs and im using a Pac Drive to control some cold cathods and some scrolling LED fans.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: Franco B on September 11, 2008, 08:46:53 am ---As for voltage, the LED-Wiz can only handle 5v devices...
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I don't want to sidetrack the discussion, but I need to make a quick clarification on that one. The 5v limit was a "soft" one. The drivers on the LED-Wiz will handle up to 50v at 500ma per output. The latest LED-Wiz boards also allow for a separate connection to each of the internal diodes of the driver chips. This means that the LED-Wiz can handle up to 4 different voltages, even while driving inductive loads.
RandyT
Ginsu Victim:
Thanks for the clarification! :)