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LED stripe setup

Posted by captaingeek on October 21, 2012 at 8:00pm

Hi i have an APM 2.5

any notes on controlling LED stripes through the board?

is there a dedicates ground output i can use to lightt a few feet of leds?

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  • Rob_Lefebvre October 23, 2012 at 11:32am

    You can also plug small LED lights directly into the AN ports:

    http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__16382__3_LED_Strip_Red.html

    All you have to do is move the positive pin over one space to the outside of the connector.  So there is an empty space between the positive and negative pins.  If you leave the positive pin where it is, it will be connected to the 5V rail and will always be on.  Move it over one to connect it to the actual AN port.

    These ports can only handle ~10mA by themselves, so be careful.

  • captaingeek October 23, 2012 at 11:08am

    Here's another way using a single cheap npn transistor, just not sure how to configure the free port :

     

    http://www.multiwii.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1198&p=8...

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    Jani Hirvinen October 22, 2012 at 10:12pm

    Yeah check jD-IOBoard. It listens MAVLink and you can program different type patterns for different flight modes. 

    Here is simple connection diagram for it

    jD-IOBoard-TelemConnection.png?width=500

    You can find boards from our store at jDrones 

    jD-IOBoard v1.0, MCU controlled IO Board for driving LEDs, Relays, Servos
    R/C UAV and ArduCopter manufacturer and one stop shop. We make your FPV come true.
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    Chris Anderson October 21, 2012 at 8:59pm

    Check out the jDrones IO board.

    jD-IOBoard v1.0, MCU controlled IO Board for driving LEDs, Relays, Servos
    R/C UAV and ArduCopter manufacturer and one stop shop. We make your FPV come true.
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