Tom Hammond's Two-in-One "Pixel Tester" Makes Testing Lighting Setups a Cinch
Maker Tom Hammond has designed a two-in-one tool that aims to assist with troubleshooting LED light setups: a combination bench-top power supply and "pixel tester."
"[This is] a new invention to help with Christmas lights troubleshooting and other electronics hobbies," Hammond explains of the device. "This combines a power supply, digital buck/boost converter with display, and a two-port pixel controller. You can use your phone to interact with the lights (no app required, it's a Wi-Fi access point). It defaults to a red-green-blue-white pattern at power-up. The silver button in the lower-right allows two user-defined actions in WLED without needing to involve your phone. And it's an xLights receiver, too."
This "Pixel Tester" combines an adjustable DC power supply with a WLED-based lighting controller, to aid troubleshooting. (š·: Tom Hammond)
Hammond's tool is built around a low-cost adjustable DC voltage regulator designed to deliver 120W at up to 6A or...
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