[TriEmbed] TriEmbed Digest, Vol 20, Issue 45

jonjwolfe at anibit.com jonjwolfe at anibit.com
Fri Jan 30 22:47:46 CST 2015 

Wow, they have a 60A, 5V supply for $60! Time to find a DeLorean and 
some Wall Street charts so I can retire :)


On 2015-01-29 21:48, Adam Haile wrote:
> Chip,
> It depends on the pixel density. But the general rule is allow for
> 60mA per LED (20mA per color) at full white. So, for a 5m roll of 32
> LEDs/meter that's 160 LEDs or a possible 9.6A draw. It's unlikely it
> will ever hit this but I _always _allow for max draw plus 10-20%.
> 
> MPJA.com sells some very cheap, high amperage supplies:
> http://www.mpja.com/5-Volt-Power-Supply/products/534/ [7]
> I bought 8 of these (25A @ 5V for $5!):
> http://www.mpja.com/5-Volt-Power-Supply-25A-Switching/productinfo/18962%20PS/
> [8]
> 
> You can also find decent ones on Amazon:
> http://www.amazon.com/AC110-Strip-Switching-Supply-Adapter/dp/B0076UJZX0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422585995&sr=8-1&keywords=5V+10A&pebp=1422585995089&peasin=B0076UJZX0
> [9]
> 
> Or Jameco:
> http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDrillDownView?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&position=1&refineType=2&sub_attr_name=Output%20Current%20(A)&refineValue=10%20%3C%3D%20%20%3C%2050&refine=1&history=2yqcd0ad%7CsubCategoryName~Power%2BSupplies%2B%2526%2BWall%2BAdapters%5Ecategory~45%5EcategoryName~category_root%5EprodPage~15%5Epage~SEARCH%252BNAV%40xb01q5sr%7Ccategory~4540%5EcategoryName~cat_45%5Eposition~1%5Erefine~1%5EsubCategoryName~Power%2BSupplies%2B%2526%2BWall%2BAdapters%2B%252F%2BAC-to-DC%2BSwitching%5EprodPage~15%5Epage~SEARCH%252BNAV%40ohlrg75n%7CrefineValue~5%2B%253C%253D%2B%2B%253C%2B10%5ErefineType~2%5Eposition~1%5Esub_attr_name~Primary%2BOutput%2BVoltage%2B%2528VDC%2529%5Erefine~1%5EprodPage~15%5Epage~SEARCH%252BNAV
> [10]
> 
> Wow... long link.
> 
> I generally like to keep around at least a 20A supply for playing
> around. Then I can handle 2 rolls no problem.
> 
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Charles McClelland
> <chip at mcclellands.org> wrote:
> 
>> Dan,
>> 
>> Great news! Would you mind posting some information on the power
>> supply we should purchase in order to power a 5m strip? When we
>> talked at the last meeting, it seemed you had some links from
>> recommended vendors. That way we can order the supplies now and
>> start playing as soon as we get from from the next TriEmbed meeting.
>> ;-)
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Charles McClelland
>> chip at mcclellands.org
>> 919-624-5562 [5]
>> 
>>> On Jan 29, 2015, at 6:42 PM, triembed-request at triembed.org wrote:
>>> 
>>> Send TriEmbed mailing list submissions to
>>> triembed at triembed.org
>>> 
>>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
>>> http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org
>>> [1]
>>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
>>> triembed-request at triembed.org
>>> 
>>> You can reach the person managing the list at
>>> triembed-owner at triembed.org
>>> 
>>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more
>>> specific
>>> than "Re: Contents of TriEmbed digest..."
>>> 
>>> Today's Topics:
>>> 
>>> 1. Next Meeting, We Will Come Bearing Gifts... (dan)
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> 
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:06:41 -0500
>>> From: dan <dan at maniacallabs.com>
>>> To: Triangle Embedded Computing Discussion Group
>>> <triembed at triembed.org>
>>> Subject: [TriEmbed] Next Meeting, We Will Come Bearing Gifts...
>>> Message-ID:
>>> 
>> <CACLXGbTc=8Ri48N11veyJe=Wavk48JtCitaz6zgQaJJW-2mKhQ at mail.gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>> 
>>> The LEDs are in! If you have placed an order and would like to
>>> receive your
>>> LEDs in a timely manner, PLEASE ATTEND THE NEXT TRI-EMBED MEETING.
>>> 
>>> Also, for those interested, we'll be posting an un-boxing video
>>> sometime
>>> later this weekend/early next week :)
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> 
>>> -Dan
>>> maniacallabs.com [2]
>>> -------------- next part --------------
>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>>> URL:
>>> 
>> 
> <http://mail.triembed.org/pipermail/triembed_triembed.org/attachments/20150129/1a29b42f/attachment.html
>>> [3]>
>>> -------------- next part --------------
>>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
>>> Name: IMG_0731.jpg
>>> Type: image/jpeg
>>> Size: 1727942 bytes
>>> Desc: not available
>>> URL:
>>> 
>> 
> <http://mail.triembed.org/pipermail/triembed_triembed.org/attachments/20150129/1a29b42f/attachment.jpg
>>> [4]>
>>> 
>>> ------------------------------
>>> 
>>> Subject: Digest Footer
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> TriEmbed mailing list
>>> TriEmbed at triembed.org
>>> http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org
>>> [1]
>>> 
>>> ------------------------------
>>> 
>>> End of TriEmbed Digest, Vol 20, Issue 45
>>> ****************************************
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Triangle, NC Embedded Computing mailing list
>> TriEmbed at triembed.org
>> http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org [1]
>> TriEmbed web site: http://TriEmbed.org [6]
> 
> 
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1] http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org
> [2] http://maniacallabs.com
> [3]
> http://mail.triembed.org/pipermail/triembed_triembed.org/attachments/20150129/1a29b42f/attachment.html
> [4]
> http://mail.triembed.org/pipermail/triembed_triembed.org/attachments/20150129/1a29b42f/attachment.jpg
> [5] tel:919-624-5562
> [6] http://TriEmbed.org
> [7] http://www.mpja.com/5-Volt-Power-Supply/products/534/
> [8]
> http://www.mpja.com/5-Volt-Power-Supply-25A-Switching/productinfo/18962%20PS/
> [9]
> http://www.amazon.com/AC110-Strip-Switching-Supply-Adapter/dp/B0076UJZX0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422585995&sr=8-1&keywords=5V+10A&pebp=1422585995089&peasin=B0076UJZX0
> [10]
> http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDrillDownView?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&position=1&refineType=2&sub_attr_name=Output%20Current%20(A)&refineValue=10%20%3C%3D%20%20%3C%2050&refine=1&history=2yqcd0ad%7CsubCategoryName~Power%2BSupplies%2B%2526%2BWall%2BAdapters%5Ecategory~45%5EcategoryName~category_root%5EprodPage~15%5Epage~SEARCH%252BNAV%40xb01q5sr%7Ccategory~4540%5EcategoryName~cat_45%5Eposition~1%5Erefine~1%5EsubCategoryName~Power%2BSupplies%2B%2526%2BWall%2BAdapters%2B%252F%2BAC-to-DC%2BSwitching%5EprodPage~15%5Epage~SEARCH%252BNAV%40ohlrg75n%7CrefineValue~5%2B%253C%253D%2B%2B%253C%2B10%5ErefineType~2%5Eposition~1%5Esub_attr_name~Primary%2BOutput%2BVoltage%2B%2528VDC%2529%5Erefine~1%5EprodPage~15%5Epage~SEARCH%252BNAV
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Triangle, NC Embedded Computing mailing list
> TriEmbed at triembed.org
> http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org
> TriEmbed web site: http://TriEmbed.org

More information about the TriEmbed mailing list