You know, this turned out really well. Not only because you did it yourself and avoided the Godox tax. The video itself was pretty well edited and informative too. I imagine someone might be able to sidestep the zigbee stuff with a simple IR remote and receiver that talks to the controller or driver. If they try to build this for themselves and don't want the smartphone stuff.
Cheers AGA, hope you found it useful. Yes there are plenty of controller options out there and if you go with a simpler LED strip (just RGB or RGBW for example) the controller and remote options are even cheaper (
Actually, fwiw, you might reconsider the soldered wires plugging in to your controller, as they can eventually experience "tin creep" which can potentially be a major safety hazard. I think that ideally you just want bare copper for such mechanical connections. The only time you generally should use solder is connecting to a PCB, or soldering to a wire's shield layer.
oh thanks White, im learning something every day. Will have to research tin creep in more detail, ive come across lot of scientific articles that i dont understand very well -_-. More reading is needed!
@@ThisDesignedThat I recommend using wire ferrules on bare copper, if possible, to terminate your screw-terminal connections! Though pre-tinned copper wires might be fine, too? I'm not sure if the tin would negatively affect the ability of the wires to cold weld under crimp.
You know, this turned out really well. Not only because you did it yourself and avoided the Godox tax. The video itself was pretty well edited and informative too.
I imagine someone might be able to sidestep the zigbee stuff with a simple IR remote and receiver that talks to the controller or driver. If they try to build this for themselves and don't want the smartphone stuff.
Cheers AGA, hope you found it useful. Yes there are plenty of controller options out there and if you go with a simpler LED strip (just RGB or RGBW for example) the controller and remote options are even cheaper (
These have come up looking great. Awesome work.
Nice work.
Thanks
Actually, fwiw, you might reconsider the soldered wires plugging in to your controller, as they can eventually experience "tin creep" which can potentially be a major safety hazard. I think that ideally you just want bare copper for such mechanical connections. The only time you generally should use solder is connecting to a PCB, or soldering to a wire's shield layer.
oh thanks White, im learning something every day. Will have to research tin creep in more detail, ive come across lot of scientific articles that i dont understand very well -_-. More reading is needed!
@@ThisDesignedThat ye, just use wire ferrules if you can!
@@ThisDesignedThat I recommend using wire ferrules on bare copper, if possible, to terminate your screw-terminal connections! Though pre-tinned copper wires might be fine, too? I'm not sure if the tin would negatively affect the ability of the wires to cold weld under crimp.