QuinLED-An-Penta-DIY Back to Analog LEDs section DIY version renamed to QuinLED-An-Penta-DIY! The QuinLED-An-Penta is an Analog LED dimmer/controller board which uses an ESP32 and PWM to control 5 LED channels. It’s built with high power handling for total and per channel in mind and does everything “the right way” including 12v MOSFET gate drivers, 2x […]
How to dim an LED! Why is PWM used to dim and LED and what does it actually do? Let’s find out in this article! It will help you understand better why some things are as they are and we need good quality PWM dimmers to control our LED lighting. A bit of history Incandescent […]
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QuinLED-An-DecaPenta ESPhome Example configs WORK IN PROGRESS! substitutions: esphome_name: preprod-decapenta-1 esphome: name: ${esphome_name} esp32: board: mhetesp32devkit #framework: # type: esp-idf # version: latest # variant: ESP32C3 wifi: ssid: !secret wifi_ssid password: !secret wifi_password use_address: 10.24.1.126 web_server: #Disable logging/UART logger: # level: NONE baud_rate: 0 i2c: sda: 15 scl: 16 #frequency: 50kHz scan: true api: reboot_timeout: […]
QuinLED-An-DecaPenta pinout guide Back to QuinLED-An-DecaPenta index To be able to configure the QuinLED-An-DecaPenta in your software of choice (like WLED or ESPhome) you are going to need to know what is connected to what pins. In the below table you can see exactly how all the hardware is connected internally. PCB shots (will be […]
QuinLED-An-DecaPenta Specifications Back to QuinLED-An-DecaPenta Index The QuinLED-An-DecaPenta was designed with the goal of being able to control lots of LED strips from a single controller! Please see a list of it’s hardware features and capabilities below: Features Based on the Espressif ESP32 Micro-controller chip 2.4Ghz WiFi connection with External Antenna USB-C plug with programming […]