LED dimming done right: PWM with I2C

A project in Schönefeld, Germany by Guido Körber, Code Mercenaries GmbH
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Dual 16 bit PWM controller with I2C to directly drive LEDs from your single board computer
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Backers: 69
Average Pledge Per Backer: €39

Funded: €2,661 of €500
Dates: Jan 29th -> Mar 3rd (33 days)
Project By: Guido Körber, Code Mercenaries GmbH
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Latest News

Production samples are here!

February 25th - via: kickstarter.com
We have received the first test units that are identical to the production units. You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00  (Read More)

Ongoing thermal and overload testing

February 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
We are working on the thermal testing and overload testing of LED-Warrior18. So far it is doing extremely well. We are running it at increased temperature and higher current than rated but it does not complain at all. You'll need an HTML5 capable... (Read More)

IO-Warrior28 support

February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
We have just uploaded some sample codes for using the LED-Warrior18 with the IO-Warrior28 dongle on Windows and Linux. This could be handy for our supporters which selected "Read to go". You can find it in out GitHub-Repository  (Read More)

Stress testing started

February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
It took longer than we planned but the stress testing has now started. You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00  (Read More)

Example how to use LED-Warrior18 with ESP

February 14th - via: kickstarter.com
This small example shows how LED-Warrior18 can be controlled via a ESP8266 module. It is a quite simple example just using two buttons to dim up or down. The intention is to show the basic principle so you can integrate it into your project, maybe... (Read More)

Final touches to the firmware

February 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Today we are doing some final details on the firmware. Basically just cleaning up some things and doing final checks to make sure every detail works as specified.  Since a microcontroller has no display and keyboard we need a different way for... (Read More)

Node-RED Support

February 7th - via: kickstarter.com
We have just uploaded the node to use LED-Warrior18 with Node-RED. You can find it in out GitHub-Repository  (Read More)

First stuff on GitHub

February 4th - via: kickstarter.com
We have added the mechanical drawing of the module and a first code sample to our GitHub repository. More code to follow next week. Node-RED support is almost done, it will likely also become available next week.  (Read More)

New feature added!

February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
While working on the completion of the firmware for LW18 we had an idea for an additional feature: We added the option to change the period length of the PWM. This does reduce the resolution of the PWM below the 16 bits but it gives you the option to... (Read More)

Funding goal reached!

February 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
A very big thank you to all our supporters! We have reached the funding goal!  (Read More)

Repository on GitHub

February 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We have created a public GitHub repository where we will publish sample code for various platforms and programming languages. Technical drawings, datasheets and related links will also be published there. Of course we will also create a product page... (Read More)

A good start and some technical data

January 31st - via: kickstarter.com
A good start Thank you supporters for the good start! We are confident we will reach the support goal soon and go well beyond it. Technical data We don't know how it could slip, but we forgot to list some essential technical data for the LW18 module.... (Read More)

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