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QuinLED-An-DecaPenta Specifications

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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 capability
    • Included CH340 USB-to-Serial chip
    • USB-C ESD protection chip
    • No lock-down, you buy it, you own it!
  • 6x positive output channels
    • Internally fused at %Amp per channel with auto-reset fuses
  • 15x analog output channels
    • 15x “medium-power” channels up 5A
    • Because of programmability of the controller these can be used “as seen fit” such as:
      • 15x white individually controllable
      • 3x RGB + 6x white individually controllable
      • 3x RGB+CCT (so a strip with Red, Green, Blue, Warm White and Cold White LEDs)
  • Barrier style input terminals and Pluggable screw output terminals
    • 2x Large M4 compatible barrier style input terminals  (Accepts up to 10AWG/5.2mm2 cable!)
    • All screw terminals are 5.08mm pluggable or 3.81mm pluggable style “rising clamp” terminals
    • All with + (Philips head) screws
      • 3x 2p 5.08mm positive power output terminal  (fused at 5A per slot)
      • 3x 5p 3.81mm LED PWM output terminal  (rated at 5A max each)
      • 1x 7p 3.81mm Button input
    • 1x Stemma QT/Qwiic terminal for I2C devices
  • 12v-48v Compatible with 30A max
    • Please see dedicated Power Handling article for exact details!
  • High Quality modern MOSFET packages
    • Including 10v MOSFET drivers (all channels) and resistors to create smooth PWM in conjunction with the custom capacitor design circuit
  • Freewheeling (Flyback) Diodes
    • To prevent back feed from blowing up the MOSFETs
  • Housed in a nice and small aluminium housing with clear labeling

Capabilities

 

  • High Speed PWM capable
    • Recommended PWM speed 19531Hz with 13-bit Resolution (8192 steps)
      • 1kHz-4.9kHz with 16-Bit resolution (65536 steps)
      • 5kHz-9.9kHz with 13-Bit resolution (8192 steps)
      • 10kHz-19.9kHz with 12-Bit resolution (4096 steps)
      • 20kHz-39.9kHz with 11-Bit resolution (2048 steps)
      • 40kHz-79.9kHz with 10-Bit resolution (1024 steps)
      • 80kHz-159.9kHz with 9-Bit resolution (512 steps)
    • Higher PWM frequencies possible with lowered bit depth (and potentially lower max power handling, please see power handling article for details)
  • Tuned MOSFET circuit
    • Low level dimming capable
      • Depending on resolution available the QuinLED-An-DecaPenta can dim LED strips exceptionally low through a highly tuned MOSFET circuit
    • “Slowed down” PWM pulse to be more EMI compliant
      • Designed to support up to 120kHz PWM!
  • Power Supply friendly
    • Fully custom DC-DC stage for internal power conversion  (board electronics only)
      • Includes multiple built-in protection circuits
    • Custom capacitor circuit layout with multiple capacitors per positive output channel to prevent current spiking for the power supply (and over the power wires) as much as possible
    • “Low noise” PWM dimming
      • Design is fully optimized to prevent any “PWM noise” coming from the controller or power supply as much as possible!
  • High Voltage capable
    • The QuinLED-An-DecaPenta is built around being fully 48v compatible. This means new generation of LED strips can be used with less voltage drop issues over distance can be used!
  • Great WiFi coverage
    • Using an external antenna, although small, WiFi reception is much better then with an integrated antenna!
  • Expandability
    • No hardware lock-downs (you buy it, you own it!)
    • Multiple button input, 3v3 and GND terminals
      • Button inputs with HW debounce circuit
      • Rotary encoder possible using 3x input!
    • Stemma QT/Qwiic connector allows easy expansion with I2C devices such as temperature sensors, etc.
  • 100% Native Home Assistant compatible
    • Built around hardware that is natively compatible in ESPhome and WLED!