controllable black box LED?

[L0stmykeys]

reef pi with a pca9685 module and i used 3 Philzon black boxes from amazon. took 5 minutes a light to modify. Each switch is labeled ground constant and pwn run the ground back to the reefpi and run the pwn to the pca9685 and you can control blues and whites separately. no problems with shutting them off reefpi seems to do it without problems. you could always hook them up the american dj surge strip and use it to just turn them off.

 

[L0stmykeys]

side note if your not in a hurry they go on sale from time to time they currently are about 85$ each i paid 65$ 2 months ago couldnt have lite the 180 any better for twice that........

 

[burningbaal]

Does this work? 2 channels and each dimmable separately.

That's pretty cool for a lot of people, but doesn't seem as easy to integrate to an external controller like the reef-pi. Probably not quite what I'm looking for. Thanks though!
I'm sure this is perfect for a lot of people

 

[oreo54]

How to get 10V pwm out of a pi..

Adafruit Learning System

learn.adafruit.com

Some drivers can do both 10V analog and 10v pwm..
Most can't do "native" 5V pwm off the board..

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

That's pretty cool for a lot of people, but doesn't seem as easy to integrate to an external controller like the reef-pi. Probably not quite what I'm looking for. Thanks though!
I'm sure this is perfect for a lot of people

I suppose depends on your definition of easy, but several are running these via reef pi in the main reef-pi thread.

These are what I was considering but shifted more toward full DIY. But it's still my fallback.

 

[burningbaal]

I suppose depends on your definition of easy, but several are running these via reef pi in the main reef-pi thread.

Hmmm maybe I missed something... I'll take another look

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

Hmmm maybe I missed something... I'll take another look

Take a look in this thread as well:

My Reef pi build - Well, my Viparspectra PWM light controller :D

And so it begins. I must say, im not overly enamoured by an "all in one box" that controls everything - if that breaks - it means bad things. So, im going to start out with a simple (lol) light controller for my viparspectra - I can always add more bits to it later (was thinking dosing pump /...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[L0stmykeys]

i would skip the vispectra light especially the digital version if you stick with the philzon box it literally take 5 minutes to set this up with reefpi