QuinLED-An-Penta
DIY version renamed to QuinLED-An-Penta-DIY!
Pre-Assembled versions coming Q2-Q3 2024! Currently in various stages of release, first up the An-Penta-Mini!
!Articles are a work in progress!
“Analog” PWM LED dimmers
The QuinLED-An-Penta line-up is a line of “analog” PWM LED dimmers. This means you can dim LED strips that don’t have any digital ICs on there. Generally these are identified by having multiple wires labeled R, B, G, WW, CW. This type of LED strip needs to be controlled using PWM dimming, the QuinLED-An-Penta line-up will help you do so, including pre-assembled boards you can just buy and use without having to solder anything!
Some unique features of the QuinLED-An-Penta line-up:
- All boards based on Espressif ESP32
- Fully internally fused positive outputs
- High Quality PWM dimming
- 12v-48v support, Tuned circuits with MOSFET drivers, Precise high bit depth control, High PWM frequency support, Custom DC-DC design combined with heavy decoupling capacitors to try and minimize PWM noise,
- Additional features including
- External Antenna for excellent reception, Dedicated button/switch input terminals with HW debounce, onboard temperature sensor option, i2c “Stemma QT/QWIIC” port for additional sensors, etc.
- Native compatibility and designed to run with Home Assistant
- All boards are capable of running WLED, ESPhome or Tasmota software
- You buy it, you own it
- Fully open and programmable using USB-C port and programming hardware onboard!
Next to the above features each of the boards in the line-up will have specific features for that board, please select the board best suited for your application below!
Pre-Assembled
- QuinLED An-Penta-Mini
- Based on ESP32-C3 with USB-C programming interface
- Small and compact aluminium chassis, 2x medium power channels + 3x low power channels
- Up to 10A of total output capability
- Up to 10A of total output capability
- QuinLED An-Penta-Deca
- Based on ESP32 with USB-C programming interface
- In aluminium housing with 15x medium power channels
- For any combination of White, Dual White, RGB, RGBW or even 3x RGB+CCT on a single board
- Up to 30A of total output capability
- QuinLED An-Penta-Plus
- Based on ESP32 with USB-C programming interface
- In aluminium housing with 5x high power analog channels + 1x digital channel
- Buck-converter option for running the digital LEDs at a different voltage
- High power channels support up to 10A and are prepared for very high power white strips with extra power injection terminals
- Up to 30A of total output capability
- Ethernet support to hardware directly into your network
DIY
- QuinLED An-Penta-DIY (The original DIY board, 5 channels, MOSFET gate drivers, Ethernet option)
History
Initially the QuinLED-An-Penta-DIY was released in 2021! It was always the idea to make a DIY version first and then a pre-assembled version of this for people who want the features but aren’t into soldering themselves. Well it’s 2024 and we’re almost there, the plan has changed a little bit and now there will be 3 new pre-assembled versions each with their own unique features while also still keeping the DIY version alive!