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Re: How does this robot have addressable LEDs still running when disabled?

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Originally Posted by lopsided98 View Post
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.
Hmm, well it's been working okay for us. 500mA seems to be good enough for our LED strip (we bought a 16ft roll but aren't using all of it). Somebody else suggested it on another thread.

We don't have any spikes but might get one if it really isn't good to power LEDs through the PCM. The inspector didn't say anything about it though.
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