Receiving with Arduino

[MadG4mer]

So I am starting to experience with RGB leds that are controlled with Arduino. And here is list of things I need help with:

 

1. How to power Arduino inside of the PC.

2. How to get signal from basic 5050 RGB strip.

3. Is it even possible to copy RGB signal from more advanced strips like Hue+ and ws2800-series.

4. What kind of Mosfet (or similiar) should I use for the main power of the strips.

 

Thank you!

[manikyath]

1: the arduino can get a USB power in, or a 7-15 volt (off the top of my head) input voltage.

2: reverse engineering protocols, look into documentation if avaliable.

3: yes, see 2

4: the cheapest that wont catch fire from the amount of leds that you hook up. probably gonna be a PNP/NPN transistor because you can get those for next to nothing.

[MadG4mer]

4 hours ago, manikyath said:

1: the arduino can get a USB power in, or a 7-15 volt (off the top of my head) input voltage.

2: reverse engineering protocols, look into documentation if avaliable.

3: yes, see 2

4: the cheapest that wont catch fire from the amount of leds that you hook up. probably gonna be a PNP/NPN transistor because you can get those for next to nothing.

I cant find any reverse protocol thingies for the arduino, any suggestions?

[manikyath]

Just now, MadG4mer said:

I cant find any reverse protocol thingies for the arduino, any suggestions?

thats because you're not reverse engineering the arduino, you're using the arduino to reverse engineer the rest.

[MadG4mer]

What kind of paras I need to get to be able to receive the signal without burning it?

[MadG4mer]

On 16.3.2016 at 10:39 PM, manikyath said:

thats because you're not reverse engineering the arduino, you're using the arduino to reverse engineer the rest.

I have been looking into few tutorials and such during last few days and almost everything is clear now, expect:

 

1. Will my Arduino burn down if I connect 5A (5000mA) led to be the input?

2. Which input pins should I use? Analog or digital? (Hue+ will be the input)

[kasugatei]

1. It will. Use some transistors (eg. BC547) and control them with arduino.

2. You should use digital (with PWM - they have ~ next to a number)