Using Claude I entered in what I wanted and the components I want to use.
I need a wiring diagram for an LED light strip project using WLED software. The components include
1 pc. Power Supply 12 volt 8 amp
1 pc. Inline Fuse 7.5 amp
1 pc. ESP32 Development Board
1 pc. Step Down Module 12volt to 5 volt
1 pc. WS2815 LED Light Strip 5 meters 300 LED 4 wire
1 pc. HC-SR501 Adjust IR Pyroelectric Infrared PIR
1 pc. Level shifter 3.3V to 5V
Claude game me a wiring diagram and code. Claude gave me options of how to best view the diagram. I chose Mermaid Live Editor
The diagram only had three connections for the WS2815. I went to Claude again to ask
On my LED components, the WS2815 has a 4th wire called āBackupā. It should be wired to GND (for my purposes). Can you alter the diagram to include it?
Claude came back with a revised drawing with this explanation
Iāve added the backup data line connection from the WS2815 LED strip to ground. The WS2815ās four wires are now all accounted for:
12V+ (Power)
GND (Ground)
DIN (Data In from Level Shifter)
BIN (Backup In - connected to GND)
Connecting the backup line to ground effectively disables the backup data feature, which is fine for most WLED installations. If you ever want to use the backup data feature in the future, you could connect it to a second data pin through another level shifter.
Not a bad criticism. Google anything and you can make that statement on most results. AI states it is does not guarantee accuracy. I was looking for a wiring diagram. Iām new and ensuring an accurate diagram on www or here you take with a grain of salt. Are you qualified to comment on accuracy of the wiring diagram?
Although I didnāt state it (my fault). I wanted affirmation as whether the diagram is correct. My alternative reason was to show another method of obtaining information. Was first time I tried it and was impressed with results. FYI. Iām new to WLED and I have already fried some ESP32s. Feedback is good. I take any WWW info with a grain of salt.
If you want to read the information on this forum and/or the discord forum and then come up with your idea of how an LED project could/should be put together - Iām all in.
For myself (and Iām willing to bet many others), if youāll put in effort to learn, Iāll help where I can.
Iām always happy to discuss other peopleās take on an issue.
If you want to train an AI to regurgitate the most popular themes (whether theyāre right or wrong), Iām not particularly interested.
To be honest that diagram would be more confusing to me then just mocking something up myself.
But I guess for a person new to wiring things it could provide a bit of help in understanding how some connections run to common locations and what not.
A big reason I donāt find that helpful is that it does not really show where the wires go on each component. It just says you run these wires to this or that component. Connecting wires in the wrong places on components more so is what lets out the magic smoke and that diagram does little to help with that.
It also does not show how to wire a level shifter
1 thing I would do differently then that diagram would be to run my grounds to a common location and not have to try and run 6 wires to the power supply. (but yes the diagram does show that all grounds are common and that is the important thing)
Somewhat related, but I asked an LLM (donāt recall which) to write instructions for a WS2812B kit I plan to sell. I was amazed at what it āknewā. It didnāt capture the unique bits of my project, but it was a good base.
