Arduino??

maidia

maidia

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Who have experience with Arduino for LED dimming control? I need help (buy) one Arduino to control my LEDs. Thanks.
MD
 
if the drivers aren't dimmable then you are kinda out of luck as far as dimming, if you dont really know much about it a arduino is not the way to go, get a dim4 or something similar. with an arduino you are going to have to understand programming, and some basic electronics to get it to work (resistive dividers, power supplies etc)
 
I am a VB and C# programmer. No problem to writing code or reading code and I have a little basic electronics (not a lot), but I am will learn...
 
if thats the case I would lift most of what you need from the reef angel, open source, all the files are available on their website, no need to reinvent the wheel.
 
Matt, I think I have to change all my drivers to Dimmable Driver then I can do it. Otherwise like you said "No Luck". Thanks.
 
I may be able to help you out...
ReefNinja built me an arduino based LED controller. It's essentially a glorified timer with two potentiometers that allow you to dim down from whatever it's running at at that time. I can also supply you with the programming script that he gave me. He eventually talked me in to adding a bluetooth module and even supplied an android app to control it. The only issue was, once I did anything through the android app, the automated timer crapped out and the unit needed to be reset before the timer started working again. He promised to support it, but never did and eventually just avoided all attempts at contact despite his original promise of "I'll get it working, no problem". No, I'm not bitter, not at all.
Bottom line is, as a straight timer and manual dimmer, it works perfectly.
I upgraded to an Apex so no longer need it.
Let me know if you're interested and we can work something out.
 
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