Power distribution for my 2014 Xmas tree.
Here’s a few pictures I took last year showing how I distributed power and data to my Xmas tree.
My tree was made of 34 separate branches each holding anywhere from 4(min) to 13(max) 8mm diffused RGB LEDs with WS2811 IC. The total number of RGB LEDs is 332.
Running from an Arduino MEGA with prototyping shield holding a Bluetooth module and a number of 4-pins connectors.
Powered from a single 5Vdc 20A PSU. Each branch gets it’s data from a separate pin so, 34 different digital output pins were used. I did that to minimise visible wiring in the tree and to avoid having to daisy chain data from branch to branch.
Sorry about some pictures being blurry. Hope this gives some ideas to people wondering how to distribute power on their projects.
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