Hello all! I’ve recently learned about this controller and I’m super excited to get into it, and to contribute to this community.
My project is adding LED strips to my sailboat. I’m trying to figure out how I should power all the controller/strips. The boat is 12v, so I need to use DC to DC converter to 5v. I’m trying to figure out if I should get a converter for each strip/controller or if I should try to run multiple strip/controller combo. And if I should power the LED strips separately from the controllers.
The strips are 144 per m, SK9822 from the electromage store. And the controllers are v3 standard.
There is going to be 5 strip/controller combinations. The max number of pixels on one controller is going is 245 (1.7m). Here is the breakdown:
- 2 strip/controller combos with ~245 pixels
- 1 strip/controller combo with ~175 pixels
- 2 strip/controller combo with ~91 pixels
I currently am looking at this 12v to 5v converter, either the 10a version or the 15a version. I’m not sold on this converter, so if you have a better suggestion, I’m all ears.
What are your thoughts?