New Ambient Lighting system - no knowledge (1 Viewer)

[The_Stig]

You can extend the partition in the raspi config with one click. Go to advanced settings.

Did not work for me. Got an error there.

 

[edsche]

If you want i can help you with the setup of the pi. Over teamviewer or directly over ssh.

 

[The_Stig]

edsche, thanks. @Rick164 has already helped me out. Seems that my apt-get upgrade didnt work properly...working now! yeah...now the soldering times begin...

 

[The_Stig]

Nah...soldering is nothing for me...gotta search a friend that can do in the neighborhood

 

[The_Stig]

Thinking ahead and a few more questions:

I have this 0,75mm2 power cable for power connections. So far so good. But what is the best way to make the connection? The pre-soldered connections on the LED stripes are way smaller. Shall I cut them and solder the 0,75 power cable directly on GRD and 5V? Or simply solder it to the original cable?

 

[Rick164]

Would solder the power cable to the original led cable as it should be good enough to handle that many leds but could also do is get a couple of these:

https://www.kiwi-electronics.nl/2-1mm-DC-barrel-jack-female-naar-terminal-block
https://www.kiwi-electronics.nl/terminal-block-naar-2-1mm-dc-barrel-jack-male

Attach one female to power cable and one male jack and connect that one to the led cable (GND / 5V), easier to split as you can add another one to divide that up to the end of the led strip.
Also nice to just plug and play as you don't need to solder or shrink wrap anything

 

[The_Stig]

Ordered now a few corner-connector to clip. Lets see if they work...should arrive today.

 

[Rick164]

Corner clip-on looks interesting, wondering how well they stay closed but considering you don't really need to touch them once installed they are a nice alternative to soldering.

 

[The_Stig]

Yes maybe...the comments are partly good and partly bad. As its not a big invest its worth a try. These are the ones I orderer:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00F9VRNC8?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

Potential problem: these are 10mm, mine strip is 12. But I didn't find such a connector for 12mm 4-pin LEDs. So will try and see!

 

[Rick164]

Just ordered these to play around with for a led fireplace (AtmoOrb / Fire2012 hybrid):

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B008CPRWF6
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00F9TLQKU

Corner pieces make it a bit easier to solder especially for the APA102 144 ones as the wires have to be pretty thick and this way you can just overlap and bridge it.