chrisbay90
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Hi,
I started a project with an Arduino Nano and some 5v WS2812B 5050 RGB programmable LEDS's at 144LED/m only to realize I will need considerably more RAM than the Nano offers - integrated SD card slot and higher clock speeds would be a much appreciated bonus. Thus my consideration of the teensy 3.6 or thereabouts.
Q1 - What does it mean that some models are '5v tolerant'? Will accept being powered by 5v, will accept a 5v signal on an input pin, can output a 5v signal, something else, tolerate happily or with reduced service life etc?
Q2 - How will the teensy play with the above mentioned LED lights strip? What's the simplest way - with the fewest and cheapest parts - to get them to talk?
Q3 - Are there commodity LED strips with the same performance and support as above that work on the same voltage as the teensy?
Note - The project will entail the driving micro controller (be that a teensy, arduino or other), LED's and all associated components be battery powered and space confined. Therefore I was consider one or two 18650's and with the fewest number of components. I'm specifically hoping to reduce the number of transformers or buck converters as well as communication between controller and LED's to a minimum.
Could anyone provide some advice on how these will play together?
Thanks
I started a project with an Arduino Nano and some 5v WS2812B 5050 RGB programmable LEDS's at 144LED/m only to realize I will need considerably more RAM than the Nano offers - integrated SD card slot and higher clock speeds would be a much appreciated bonus. Thus my consideration of the teensy 3.6 or thereabouts.
Q1 - What does it mean that some models are '5v tolerant'? Will accept being powered by 5v, will accept a 5v signal on an input pin, can output a 5v signal, something else, tolerate happily or with reduced service life etc?
Q2 - How will the teensy play with the above mentioned LED lights strip? What's the simplest way - with the fewest and cheapest parts - to get them to talk?
Q3 - Are there commodity LED strips with the same performance and support as above that work on the same voltage as the teensy?
Note - The project will entail the driving micro controller (be that a teensy, arduino or other), LED's and all associated components be battery powered and space confined. Therefore I was consider one or two 18650's and with the fewest number of components. I'm specifically hoping to reduce the number of transformers or buck converters as well as communication between controller and LED's to a minimum.
Could anyone provide some advice on how these will play together?
Thanks