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News - DIY Wirelessly Controlled… | about 2 months ago

Yeah, for just turning lights on and off the dio’s on the xbee should work fine. I used the pwm capabilities of the 328 for driving the led strings. The board I designed costs a bit less than an Arduino. I think I will add a few SSR ports though :–)

News - DIY Wirelessly Controlled… | about 2 months ago

Yeah, the connectport is a high upfront cost, but lets me control all the xbees with a python script. The reduced energy consumption will pay for it in about a year.

Also, don’t get the cheaper rgb strips from dealextreme, the light level is greatly reduced.

Thanks for the mention!

Product DEV-10181 | about 3 months ago

I’ve had an issue where I’ve exceeded the flex limit on the charging/power frame section, which seems to disconnect the battery from the power supply. Pressing on C14 lightly will bring the connection back while I’m pressing on it, but going anywhere near the sleep switch is almost guaranteed to break it again.

Has anyone seen this issue? Is there a trace I can ‘blue wire’ to fix it? I’ll try the Seeed forums too, but there are a lot of awesome people on SF too.

Product COM-10260 | about 5 months ago

Dumb newbie question: The datasheet says current per 3 LEDs is 60mA – so 3 LEDs red channel only is 20mA or 60? Also, if the total is 60, is it 20+20+20 or some other distribution of current?

Product SEN-09813 | about 2 years ago

It would be interesting to set the PWM period to 1.5ms then hook it to a servo…