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We go through a lot of prototype PCBs, and end up with lots of extras that we’ll never use. Every Sunday we give away a few professionally-made PCBs from one of our past or future projects, or a related prototype.
This is a USB controlled RGB color changing light. Someone made some minor modifications to the design and had a bunch of boards produced, we ended up with a pile of the extras. We’re giving away two PCBs this week, just ask for one in the comments.
Tags: blinken LEDs, giveaway, RGB LEDs, USB
Here’s a new project we’d like to develop openly, like the recent logic analyzer board . This rough sketch shows a 48 channel LED controller with an ethernet interface. Our primary goals are:
The networked LED controller would use the 24FJ64GA002-SO as the main microcontroller, and an ENC28J60 for the network connection. A 25AA02E48 EEPROM would hold settings and a unique MAC address so multiple boards can share the same network.
The LEDs would be driven by three TI TLC5940s, each with 16 channels of 10bit PWM. The current of the LEDs is set with a single resistor, ideally this would be done with a digital pot for easy network configuration. This chip is cascadable, so an expansion header would make it possible to stack extra TLC5940s on top of the base.
The overview continues below. We’re eager to hear your suggestions here, or in the forum.
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Tags: blinken LEDs, ethernet, ideas, LED
