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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: kiel0909 on September 03, 2015, 02:07:17 am
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Got my howler, got my u-trak along with the LED's. Heres what were looking at
(http://i58.tinypic.com/33otx87.jpg)
im left with 3 wires with no place to put them, the U-trak has 2 5v wires and a ground, can i chain these in with the LED 5v and ground, can i put them in to button13 slot since its unused? what do yall think?
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Hi Kiel,
Info regarding the Howler is pretty sparse around here. I could make a lot of assumptions but I think it would be best to contact Andy (U-Trak) and Josh (Howler) about these questions. Both seem quick to reply via email. One question about your drawing. Why do you have a ground coming from the LED? I would imagine that you have two red 5V wires and 2 ground wires from the U-trak but I could be wrong.
I haven't hooked up my Happ trackball to the Howler yet but when I do I will put both 5V lines into the 5V (not the 3.3) and I will use any of the grounds provided on the board.
Let me know how you make out with this.
n3wt0n
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here is the U-Trak LED system
(https://www.ultimarc.com/images/RGBkit_new.jpg)
it has a ground wire.
The U-trak trackball only has one ground wire. despite the documentation on the website.
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Heres what I did, i have some extra slots not being used on the howler, and im not using the high powered LED slot either. so i used the 5v from those to wire the U-trak, it works. heres the diagram, Blue and purple are your Y axis and Green and yellow are your X on the U-trak
(http://i62.tinypic.com/wtsy2t.jpg)
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Glad to hear you got it sorted out. :cheers:
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Couldn't you have simply put both grounds in the same screw? Ground is ground no?