We need a reasonable quality Power Supply to power our LED Pixels and (more importantly) the controllers they are connected to. Is a generic Chinese Power Supply (PSU) good enough, or is it worth splashing out on a brand name power supply?
We cover these questions and more in this weeks guide…
A common FPP error is: UDP Output set to send data to myself.
In this short we show you why & how to cure it.
We need the time on an FPP devices so we can set timed schedules on our show, but neither a Raspberry Pi (4 & below) nor Beaglebone Black have a Real Time Clock (RTC) chip.
So how do these devices get the current time so they know when to start ??
All this & more in this weeks video.
GPS Hat Setup Guide: https://github.com/tiagofreire-pt/rpi_adafruit_stratum1_chrony
Note the Adafruit Ultimate GPS Hat uses GPIO 18 NOT GPIO 4 for PPS.
This week we take a look at the new v3 Firmware for the popular Baldrick 8 LED Controller from iLightThat.
We check out the new CunningFx integrated lighting effects built into the firmware, the Turnip network that allows mutiple boards to communicate directly, support for RGBW pixels and more…
In this weeks FPP Short, we look at how to upgrade your FPP instance in-place to keep up to date with the latest features and to mitigate any bugs or vulnerabilities.
In this video we run through some of the Electronic E-fuses as used in some of the more recent (and premium) controllers to hit the market..
We look at what they do and run through the various features of the TI-238 range of e-fuses as implemented in a Kulp K8-Pi v2, the newer releases of the K-16 and Falcon Boards.
FPP Short: How to use WLED Effects in an FPP Playlist.
In this video we run through Pixel fusing.
We look at why you want it, how to measure the sizes of fuse required and how best to fit them in your controller or for power injection.
We also look at a board that had the wrong size of fusing installed & the consequences.
In this video we run through how to backup your FPP Config to your PC/Mac.
We then make an ‘accidental’ change to mess things up, and then restore the config from the backup made at the start of the video.
If you’re running a good length of pixels in a single run, such as right across the house, then you’re going to struggle with getting power to more than ~200 pixels.
What is the optimal way to get power to the far end of the string in the safest manner when using a second power supply?
We cover these questions and more in this weeks guide… finishing up with a practical demonstration.
