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Originally Posted by ILAMtitan
The cool part is that they came with a controller that can be modified to work with the RIO outputs. If you open up the little white box, you can find the three FETs that provide power to the strip. Just desolder control bits, and solder in some PWM line. These can be fed directly from the RIO by a real PWM (not a servo or motor controller PWM) to get RGB control. The 12V jack wires up to the PDP, and you're good to go. You can also use a Spike if you don't want to putz with soldering in PWM lines, but you can't generate fluid animations or different brightness levels.
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Thanks for the help! This is great to know, becuaseit solves the problem of having to power the strips correctly. We will be sure to consider this option, as it is a little less expensive.