Control LED Lighting
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Hi i currently have my led lighting fed from the 5v always on fan connector together with my hot end fan, what would the opinion be on changing the lighting to a spare fan connector so that it can be switched on and off by gcode?
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Yes, you can drive LEDs from a spare heater or fan connector, both on the Duet and on the DueX expansion boards.
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I'm going back to 24V fans, but still need 5V for my lighting, can I take it from the PanelDue connector?
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I have 12V LED strips and 24V main supply to Duet Wifi.
What I did was to use a cheap buck converter from 24V to 12V, common negative. Use + from the Buck converter and - from the PWM fan output on the Duet. This way I control the case fan (also 12V) and the LED strips.This trick works for all 12V consumers on a 24V board. The only rule is to make sure that output is low side switched (i.e. the MOSFET is connected between ground and load).
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I'm going back to 24V fans, but still need 5V for my lighting, can I take it from the PanelDue connector?
Yes.
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Sorry for another noob question:
Can I wire two similar 12V LED strips in series to the 24V fan connector and skipping the buck converter? -
Yes, but make sure the 2 strips are the same length and the and type.
