Without any power distribution etc on it - modular, to plug onto a board for the form factor of what you're controlling
Just thinking about how I can minimise the cabling as 32 Xconnect 3 metre cables running to the F16 is pretty messy and seems to be heavy for my door which struggles to open. So can someone check this plan for me for me to see if it works?
1200 watts 12v PSU -> 5Amp inline fuse -> f16v4 with 1 expansion board -> data out only using 4 X Cat6 cables. Each cable supports 8 seed strings (32 total)
From PSU 8AWG to a 8 way terminal block with BUS Bar ->4.58mm twin core to 4 x F8 distro boards -> seed pixels
If this makes sense, then I will just have 1 8AWG cable running from the enclosure and 4 Cat 6 cables which drops down the cabling quite a bit (if my plan is sensible).
1200 watts 12v PSU -> 5Amp inline fuse -> f16v4 with 1 expansion board -> data out only using 4 X Cat6 cables. Each cable supports 8 seed strings (32 total)
From PSU 8AWG to a 8 way terminal block with BUS Bar ->4.58mm twin core to 4 x F8 distro boards -> seed pixels
If this makes sense, then I will just have 1 8AWG cable running from the enclosure and 4 Cat 6 cables which drops down the cabling quite a bit (if my plan is sensible).
Katekate
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at that point you are probably better off just moving the controller closer, or using smart receivers
Yes it will work, and i've done something similar for my garage matrix.
I used Ethernet cable with Ethernet cable glands etc so they click into my controller box. Have a read of the below of how i did it
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So the only difference I see is that your Cat6 carried both data and ground to the pixel (plus a seperate ground from the PSU), whereas my suggestion above was just to carry data over the cat 6 and have the ground connected directly to the PSU. Would the Cat6 grounds just terminate at the F8 distros? Did you find the Cat6 cable was sufficient size? I’m a bit paranoid about electrical stuff which I only have a very basic understanding of.