Thread: How does this robot have addressable LEDs still running when disabled?
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Re: How does this robot have addressable LEDs still running when disabled?
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Originally Posted by NathanCJohnson View Post
This year we just have a single-colored 12v LED strip plugged into the PCM (so we can toggle it).
Are you powering the LED strip through the PCM? This is not a good idea since the PCM can only output a maximum of 500 mA total on the solenoid channels. You would be much better off running it off a spike.
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