So I'm pulling apart one of the RGB LED strips supplied with my new NZXT Hue+ which was faulty out of the box. Using my multimeter I've managed to work out this much so far with it's wiring. It's been a while since my A-Level Electronics classes!
This diagram was just made using a multimeter touching from one component to the other and seeing how it linked up. As reverse engineering goes, I'm not at the standard of the Chinese yet.
I have a few questions though:
1) Does the diagram look right? I believe the rectangles I have drawn are actually diodes as there is a small voltage drop one way and none the other. Sorry the symbols are incorrect, but I ran my multi meter over them after I drew it and didn't feel like doing it again. And yes, I know that's not the symbol for an RGB LED!
2) How does the NZXT Hue+ control each LED individually? IF they are wired up in parallel, how does it say to LED 1 that it must be Blue yet LED 2 is Green?
3) There are a few tracks on the reverse of the LED strip which seem to run the full length but have dimples on them in sections, saying to me that the strip is using both sides to control it.
My aim is to rewire these LED's using wire not PCB tape to get them to fit a very specific section of my case. Am I going along the right path? I can't remember electronics but I'm still a dab hand with a soldering iron, so just need to work out it's wiring.
Thanks!
This diagram was just made using a multimeter touching from one component to the other and seeing how it linked up. As reverse engineering goes, I'm not at the standard of the Chinese yet.
I have a few questions though:
1) Does the diagram look right? I believe the rectangles I have drawn are actually diodes as there is a small voltage drop one way and none the other. Sorry the symbols are incorrect, but I ran my multi meter over them after I drew it and didn't feel like doing it again. And yes, I know that's not the symbol for an RGB LED!
2) How does the NZXT Hue+ control each LED individually? IF they are wired up in parallel, how does it say to LED 1 that it must be Blue yet LED 2 is Green?
3) There are a few tracks on the reverse of the LED strip which seem to run the full length but have dimples on them in sections, saying to me that the strip is using both sides to control it.
My aim is to rewire these LED's using wire not PCB tape to get them to fit a very specific section of my case. Am I going along the right path? I can't remember electronics but I'm still a dab hand with a soldering iron, so just need to work out it's wiring.
Thanks!