What does a fuse do and why would you want to use them? Fuses serve the purpose of little protection devices that will limit current (cut off) when something goes wrong. In a very basic form, if your device should only draw a maximum of 2A and it suddenly tries to draw 10A, something is […]
Merged PCB order links Some people would like to order mixed PCB’s of the QuinLED designs. This way you can get two designs in a single order, I’ll try and provide some mixed versions on this page. Make sure to select 10x10cm as the PCB size when ordering! 1x QuinLED-Deca + 1x QuinLED-Quad + […]
QuinLED-Deca Soldering guide The QuinLED-Deca was designed with hand soldering in mind and although you can use a hot air soldering while soldering some SMD components on it, it’s perfectly doable using a normal soldering iron. If you have all the components you need to build a QuinLED-Deca, take a look at the following video […]
QuinLED-Deca Pinout Guide Wiring Guide Wiring LED strip seems simple but becomes more complex the longer the length becomes. Before we talk wiring though, take a look at my article about 12v vs 24v LED strip. In the following diagrams I will be talking about 24v LED strip only, when using 12v take into account […]
Waterproof LED strips When buying LED strips you are often confronted with the question if you want IP20, IP65 or even IP67 LED strip. These values stand for different levels of water and dust proofing. Let’s take a look at when you such use which variant. IP20 (indoor) The IP20 rating officially stands for “touch […]
LEDs need cooling LEDs (in whatever form) convert electricity into light. The revolutionary thing about them is that they are a much more efficient light source then all lights that came before it. Sadly, they still aren’t 100% efficient in converting energy to light. During the conversion, energy is lost and simply said all energy […]
Sometimes you need cheap Although I really recommend getting a good (or at least decent) quality LED strip (check this article (bottom for cheaper but good alternatives), sometimes you just need light and it needs to be cheap! Or, you need a lot of light, insane amounts but you don’t want to pay a lot! […]
QuinLED-Quad Soldering guide The QuinLED-Quad was designed with hand soldering in mind and although you can use a hot air soldering gun while soldering it, it’s perfectly doable using a normal soldering iron. If you have all the components you need to build a QuinLED-Quad, take a look at the following video to see how […]
QuinLED-Quad Pinout Guide Wiring Guide Wiring LED strip seems simple but becomes more complex the longer the length becomes. Before we talk wiring though, take a look at my article about 12v vs 24v LED strip. In the following diagrams I will be talking about 24v LED strip only, when using 12v take into account […]
Wire thickness needed When hooking up LED strip it can be hard to figure out what kind of wires you need to use. For each of my dimmer boards I’ve listed how to connect all the wires, but what thickness should these wires be? First off, let’s set the general rule we are using copper […]