Hi all I was playing with my esp32/wled setup today and came across a weird issue (getting ready for Dec). I have a clone esp32 with a 12v ws2811 5m strip with 300 leds, packet says 72w max (6amps). My setup is a 6.5a PS (will be changed to a 100ah battery on a solar setup soon) that has a y connector on the the tip, one side runs a 5a buck converter set to 5v with a USB connector connected to the ESP for power, the other side is connected to directly to the led strip with a capacitor across to for filtration, with a data cable running between pin 4 and the led (when I put this setup on the battery there will be 2 other strips attached).
The problem is that every time I try to put the brightness above 21 there's a slight flicker if I go to white (or it does it without doing anything if I go past 32) and my lights go off on their own tangent, usually flickering through some random sequence, and I can't control them any longer, until I pull the power plug, I haven't seen this description as an issue anywhere, and not sure what to do, does it sound like the PS isn't large enough at even 30 the 6.5a should be heaps), or should I be using a 5v logic shift converter, or is it something else??
Thanks for any advice.
The problem is that every time I try to put the brightness above 21 there's a slight flicker if I go to white (or it does it without doing anything if I go past 32) and my lights go off on their own tangent, usually flickering through some random sequence, and I can't control them any longer, until I pull the power plug, I haven't seen this description as an issue anywhere, and not sure what to do, does it sound like the PS isn't large enough at even 30 the 6.5a should be heaps), or should I be using a 5v logic shift converter, or is it something else??
Thanks for any advice.