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<blockquote data-quote="john sproul" data-source="post: 1131536" data-attributes="member: 151999"><p>ok well youve lost me with this FTDI or CH340 chip stuff... but i have 101 leds. so i guess i will need to figure out a bigger power supply? currently i have ONE for the pi board, and was going to use a 5v2a usb power adapter. i currently have the wiring attached to the end of the led's. i guess this is a LOT more complicated than i was informed it was. originally i was going to drive the leds right off of the pi board using the proper gpio pins for GND and DI. but was informed after that i need an arduino. nor was i of the impression i needed a bigger power supply. so now my question(S) is/are, is that arduino board sufficient? and how big of a power adapter do i need now? should i try to find a 5v10a to power only the led strip?[DOUBLEPOST=1427917802][/DOUBLEPOST]as well, i have the ground wire set up that it connects to the led strip, as well as it is pigtailed into a header pin so it would grab onto the gpio if the rpi2. i wish i had more knowledge of this stuff... alas im just a carpenter with some fluctuating computer skills. not very in depth for this kind of stuff though, but i can follow tutorials pretty well lol</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="john sproul, post: 1131536, member: 151999"] ok well youve lost me with this FTDI or CH340 chip stuff... but i have 101 leds. so i guess i will need to figure out a bigger power supply? currently i have ONE for the pi board, and was going to use a 5v2a usb power adapter. i currently have the wiring attached to the end of the led's. i guess this is a LOT more complicated than i was informed it was. originally i was going to drive the leds right off of the pi board using the proper gpio pins for GND and DI. but was informed after that i need an arduino. nor was i of the impression i needed a bigger power supply. so now my question(S) is/are, is that arduino board sufficient? and how big of a power adapter do i need now? should i try to find a 5v10a to power only the led strip?[DOUBLEPOST=1427917802][/DOUBLEPOST]as well, i have the ground wire set up that it connects to the led strip, as well as it is pigtailed into a header pin so it would grab onto the gpio if the rpi2. i wish i had more knowledge of this stuff... alas im just a carpenter with some fluctuating computer skills. not very in depth for this kind of stuff though, but i can follow tutorials pretty well lol [/QUOTE]

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