{"id":336,"date":"2016-07-10T22:14:30","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T22:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carson.fenimorefamily.com\/?p=336"},"modified":"2016-07-10T22:15:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-10T22:15:25","slug":"my-diy-little-bits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carson.fenimorefamily.com\/?p=336","title":{"rendered":"My DIY Little Bits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I whipped up some quick LED modules and my own power module using some proto boards and components I purchased from amazon.  I haven&#8217;t branched out to more complicated module types, but these ones work well.  I think each module cost ten cents or so, rather than the 10 dollars little bits charges.<\/p>\n<p>Note that I put a small button to enable power from the module to the daughter cards.  The main reason for this is to avoid wearing down the batteries.<\/p>\n<p>Also, you can see I chose a 5-pin connector. Any module can plug into another module, or directly into a power module (which has two output connectors).  <\/p>\n<p>When I do this over again Ill make the following adjustments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make the outside pins ground, inside pin power.  This would completely avoid any problems from plugging modules in upside down<\/li>\n<li>Provide an always-on pin &#8211; I like the idea of some modules being normally-off.  But some modules, like a trinket module, should be always on, since they consume so little power as to not matter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carson.fenimorefamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9592.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carson.fenimorefamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9592-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9592\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carson.fenimorefamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9592-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carson.fenimorefamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9592-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carson.fenimorefamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9592-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carson.fenimorefamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9593.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carson.fenimorefamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9593-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9593\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carson.fenimorefamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9593-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carson.fenimorefamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9593-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carson.fenimorefamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_9593-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I whipped up some quick LED modules and my own power module using some proto boards and components I purchased from amazon. I haven&#8217;t branched out to more complicated module types, but these ones work well. I think each module cost ten cents or so, rather than the 10 dollars little bits charges. 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