Recent content by SamJ

I've put in an order for a replacement PSU and am considering swapping both of them out for MeanWells. The reason I'm still considering another long run from the 1st PSU is because it was all working so well (except pure white) with mostly passive runs all connected through the pixel strands...

The lights are set at 30%. I should have mentioned that in the initial post.

They’re Chinese no names, 60A rated. The failing one was powering about 500 pixels. I had good color before I even setup the second psu unless I put everything on white. (I didn’t sever the common V+ connection until just before plugging in the second supply)

My second power supply keeps failing and turning half of my house a dull red, so I’m wondering if I could run the whole thing off a single psu. About 1500 pixels total, all 5V. My controller is on the side of the house and I have a long (100 ft, 12awg) power injection cable run for the roofline...

Does anyone have xlights models or ideas for how to represent glowing props? Specifically I'm looking for https://www.holidaycoro.com/HexaTree-Jr-p/116.htm , but any tips would be appreciated. I know that I could put it in as a wreath to represent the base, but I'm not sure how that would work...

Now that you pointed it out Q1 does look kind of sloppy. IC1 is fine, just a bad angle in the photo. The rest of the board looks clean, all connections have gaps between them.

I don’t see any soldering issues, but not sure I would if it weren’t obvious.

I reached out to the supplier and will follow up with them again tomorrow.

Hi Jollyzee, I have power on both sides of the board. The BBB won't take the power from the board which is why I have the USB connected. I ran through some of this with Grozzy in my other thread https://auschristmaslighting.com/threads/flickering-issue-on-5v-pixels.13998/ Latest update is that...

Update - now my BBB isn't powering on when connected to the cape, even when supplied with separate USB power. It runs not connected to the cape, but for some reason won't start if attached. Power light is on and I see link lights on the NIC, but can't ping or navigate to the web interface. Maybe...

Mark you are correct, and the jumper is normally there. I pulled it to test out the traces with Grozzy

Thanks, Grozzy - I truly appreciate the help.

The left pin is continuous with the V+ from the PSU and the middle pin is continuous up to the R3 resistor next to J2

I don’t have an F33 :( Also, is the middle pin in the 5V/12V jumper supposed to be continuous with the v+ in from the psu or the outside?

I show continuity to the 5/12 jumper, but oddness to J2 and the 5V header. My meter reads 0 for continuity and those 2 register as ~.7