MySensors shield and RGBW Controller
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@Jan-Gatzke Was this due to the error in my fading code? Otherwise you have to connect a serial to usb controller to the node and check what the converter method does that converts domoticz to RGBW values.
Yes, this was the problem we already discussed in the other thread.
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Hi
Is anybody who can help me how add phisical button to enable from the wall leds only in color white ?
Button will be connect to pin in arduino but how implement it to code sketch ? I want to on/off white color without gateway... example gateway not working.... -
Hi
Is anybody who can help me how add phisical button to enable from the wall leds only in color white ?
Button will be connect to pin in arduino but how implement it to code sketch ? I want to on/off white color without gateway... example gateway not working....@pepson Hi, not sure if it is exactly what you are looking for, but this firmware
https://github.com/d-diot/d-diot-nano-repeater
Can turn a RGB led strip on and off with a button press. To force white color you need to customize the code.
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How many LEDs do you want drive with this controller, because the MOSFET has a limit of 4.6A.
A full bright white LED (like a SMD5050) can have ~60mA current - so you can drive save 70 LEDs on a strip with this controller.But anyway, nice design :-)
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Very nice project you have here! Thank you for taking the time to post/share your work!
At first I thought it might be exactly what I was looking for, but reading through everything now I am not so sure.
I have been studying various ways (Wi-Fi, 433/315 Mhz RF, MySensors) to implement controlling RGB lights and I initially thought Wi-Fi (while readily available, easy, and cheap) might be too "slow" in response time, which got me thinking to use MySensors (with NRF24) instead, which led me to this thread (among others).
Something concerned me though, I see in your GitHub for this project you stated:
Project frozen/final - This project is done from my side. It has been working for years but I switched to another solution so I won't update this anymore.
and on your OpenHardware page:
Update2: They have been running for about 2 years now mostly without problems. The only disadvantage is that my Mysensors network overall is quite "slow" (~1s reaction time). I am currently experimenting with Wifi RGBWW controllers (H801) so there wont be to many more updates to this project
Which made me want to ask you what you are using now?
It seems to me that those MagicHome type Wi-Fi (or RF) RGB controllers would be pretty hard to beat price wise, I don't think I could implement similar functionality (including packaging, etc.) for the same amount of money, and that's before even counting my time.
Also I am still struggling with reliability of my MySensors network in general, but I hope to be able to still solve this as it seems that many others have been able to (but that is a different subject altogether).
