Need help with a prebuilt controller

the box>> its a arduino clone , prebuild sketches don't work for that in Hyperion.NG

even when you select Adalight for Arduino it doesn't work ( barely)

the controller and leds you purchased are meant for using directly on a USB port of your TV set.

my mate has the same thing and also people here on this forum, never works so forget it.

you can make it with a ORIGINAL Arduino nano or other MCU > ledstrip you already have

Zitat von Dreedz

Could I solder the led stripe directly to the Pi zero GPio ?

yes you can do that, some ledstrips dont need a Logic level shifter others do directly connected to a Raspi.

if you provide a steady/clean and powerfull DC voltage+current to the ledstrip then most of the times you can directly connect to GPIO.

it also depends on what MCU u are going to use, if its running only on +3.3 volts ( when data to ledstrip needs at least 3.5) then you are certain most of times to use a level shifter anyways.

there's a schematics that you can follow can be found here on the forum.

schematics is made by TPmodding and myself.

Beitrag

RE: Correct connection of the Level switch on the RPI4

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thats the problem with the PI4 > because of USB-C (needs more current then PI3/Pi2) they used this port, the problem is that you mostly can only use the original PSU/powersocketadapter that provides this high current.
this is because USB-C is smart and "detects" data info of the charger/PSU when the charging amends and knows how much current to draw If there is no data then the current is really low > for instance when you directly stripe a USB-C cable and connect it to a PSU thats not a…

Ambientheater77

6. Februar 2021

i connect you to another topic and then you can see

yes it sure can.

Beitrag

RE: Flickering Lights

Thankyou for the fast reply, I will give these points a try and report back

mouse

19. März 2021

there's all the answers already so i don't have to write them twice, and maybe you can give eachother pointers

Zitat von Dreedz

Okay thanks for the answer , I'll try to build it with an arduino or a wemos

somewhere ( not to long ago) there was a topic about this same chinese clone ledbox and we go on for 5 pages or something before we found out its not going to work with this clone.

if i find it back i share it to you.

found it, also a clone>> Rpi3 + Arduino + libreELEC >> vendor preset: disabled

not the same ledbox buts in here in the forum somewhere can't find it now.

i already explained the why and how to you.

A friend of mine has this and its purpose is WITHOUT hyperion to run alone on USB port of tv.

If you connect it to Hyperion.NG which works ith several codecs/controllers, it doesn't understand the chinese clone. ( hardware issue)

original Arduino or ESP8266 cost a few bucks, if you persisting and want still to take this route then by al means but i am out.

no hard feelings or that, but i am far to busy to reply all the time with something is not going to work nicely..

goodluck with the project.

there it is>> https://www.wish.com/product/5…UQaAsmbEALw_wcB&share=web

you need ambibox software to run it.