One strange thing is that some of the nodes after the failing nodes seem to be properly reacting to the data being sent to them.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginIf it is the regulator that is failing, how are the rest of the nodes behind the failed node working at all? The 12 volt line is jumper by a trace right across the board and it is the input to the 78l05. It is the output from the 78l05 that drives the node.So as long as the circuit board itself is there you'll have the connection for the +12v and the ground side. It is the Data in line that gets passed into the chip and the chip produces the data out and that is what gets passed onto the next node.Joe
If it is the regulator that is failing, how are the rest of the nodes behind the failed node working at all?
Maybe the part of the chip that repeats the data is still working but the part that powers the led is not?
Sorry for the misinformation, but when I tested the Technicolor nodes this evening, the nodes after the first node showing issues were NOT responding to the sequence I was running. some were lighting up white and some were other colors.
Very interesting... thanks for sharing the info.The blinking on 3-color 50%... I assume that this "error condition" was caused by the lower voltage.This makes me think that 8v would have even more problems under the combined stress of more colors and lower voltage... would you agree?