Hello!
I have searched a lot, but still got some questions to make my project work.
I’m using WS2814 strips (24V), and need to make something like the schema below.
For the Controller I’m thinking about using Athom LS-4P (16A). Would it work?
I have numbered some points in the project (1 - 10) that might have componentes to improve the signal strenght (level shifters - maybe quinled data booster), or anything else. Please, help me out if i need to use any of them at these points.
Important:
*1) I am not from USA, so i need to buy the components from AliExpress, or maybe Quinled at AllNetChina.
*2) Would like to avoid doing solder or other things related. Prefer to use easier components, even if they are a little more expensive.
Controller I would pick something with more than 1 port and that has a usb port for reflashing, like a Dig Uno. (bonus it also uses an esp32) That Athom LS-4P does not have a usb port for flashing and if you ever have an issue with OTA or somehow corrupt the firmware and need to reflash it you will need to use a usb to ttl adapter and either hold it to the pins on the board or solder on a pin header.
-Wanting to avoid soldering could be tough. If you are planning to use those crimp down connectors for the LED strip you may have issues as those things are more of a pain with bad connections that the small amount of work you would have with soldering.
There are ways of boosting the data signal, if even needed. But the standard level shifter is more suitable for boosting 3.3V data to 5V logic, as I have come to understand it.
By the diagram you refer to, there are two long sections of wire bridging the strips. 3m should be ok, 6m might give interference. You could put a small section, even the solitary LED, in the middle of that run and boost the data in this way.
Another Solution is getting another controller and setting them up to synch with each other.
If I can’t connect 2 power supplies together, how would i get to 700W, wich i need for all the strips? The max power i’ve found is 500W.
Putting the controller in the position you suggested, would i be able to configure wled for the effects in the strips to begin in the first one in the left and flow to the next until the end? (effects beggining in number 2 and flowing to 3, until 10)
1: You can use more than one power supply but you need to cut the + so that the 2 are not connected together. I erased the middle of your red line in the middle where I put the arrow. One supply would supply to the left and the other to the right.
2: Yes you can make them flow from one to the next. You would just reverse one of the outputs in WLED LED Preferences. **** Make sure both of your strips start at the controller as data only flows one direction.
STRIP(s) Left<<<<<< controller >>>>>>>STRIP(s) Right
