Timeline for Alternative to individally addressable LEDs
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| May 9, 2022 at 22:46 | comment | added | Passerby | @KryštofVosyka many multichannel led drivers have independent pwm grayscale pwm control on all channels, but sure won't meet a 60 cent price. Your paying for the software development, guaranteed behavior and constant current control plus other features. | |
| May 9, 2022 at 20:57 | comment | added | Kryštof Vosyka | Since I need separate PWM per LED (which most matrix drivers don't have) and you can get a MCU for 60 cents a piece, I'm starting to like this idea. | |
| May 9, 2022 at 18:24 | comment | added | Kuba hasn't forgotten Monica | @Passerby It’s a page of C, or maybe two pages of assembly. Sure, it needs to be debugged and tested, but it’s dirt cheap if you need it in volume and it looks like the MCU may have better availability than the matrix drivers. | |
| May 9, 2022 at 16:58 | comment | added | Passerby | Rolling your own 30 led pwm addressable driver seems... onerous. | |
| May 9, 2022 at 16:31 | history | answered | Kuba hasn't forgotten Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |