tmarshal61
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- Oct 14, 2013
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HI,
I am totally new at this so, please pardon me if I ask some silly questions. I just purchased the PixLite 16. I have 20 - 150 pixel 5V WS2812B RGB strips and 3 - 50 pixel 5V strings on order. I plan on creating a 2D mega tree with 12 strings or so and use the others for arches and various other things.
The PixLite 16 has 16 separate outputs and each is capable of controlling 340 pixels so, I could conceivably run all of my lights on just 11 outputs if I run two strips per output. I understand that power injection might be a requirement but, other than that, is there any advantage to spreading the lights across all 16 outputs rather than doubling them up? The major advantage I can see would be that doubling up the strings frees the other outputs for future expansion.
Thanks
I am totally new at this so, please pardon me if I ask some silly questions. I just purchased the PixLite 16. I have 20 - 150 pixel 5V WS2812B RGB strips and 3 - 50 pixel 5V strings on order. I plan on creating a 2D mega tree with 12 strings or so and use the others for arches and various other things.
The PixLite 16 has 16 separate outputs and each is capable of controlling 340 pixels so, I could conceivably run all of my lights on just 11 outputs if I run two strips per output. I understand that power injection might be a requirement but, other than that, is there any advantage to spreading the lights across all 16 outputs rather than doubling them up? The major advantage I can see would be that doubling up the strings frees the other outputs for future expansion.
Thanks