Hello People, I'm happy to present my first Blogpost @ element14 today, how the fortune turned, I was so lucky to receive my Roadtest-Package today :-)
This was the UPS Package :-)
This is the TI Piccolo Multi-DC/DC Color LED Kit Package
This is the Content of the Kit as seen after opening the Box :-)
This is the content of the Kit without the Woodware :-). On the left the "Mainboard" with controllercard inserted, then clockwise: LED-Difusor, LED-Strips, USB-Cable, Power Connector... :-( ... , USB-Drive.
The Powersupply close-up, as you can see its an american powerplug, it doesn't match the german power outlets :-( fortunately the powersupply of my external HDD has the same specs and power jack! (12V@2A)
This is the assembled Kit. I prefered to download the TI Controlsuite in Advance. So I didn't use the USB-Drive right now.
With the included Software GUI it was a Matter of minutes to get the LEDs glowing :-)
This is an example what it looks like when you use the Kit without LED-Diffusor. The LED stripes are really bright, I think they are brighter than my ceiling LED lamp, better use the LED-Diffusor ... ;-)
This is how it looks like with the Diffusor... Its a bit overexposed but you can see the colors on the Desk & Board.
The testing GUI works nicely, but I fear it works not very stable... (Don't change Colors while the LEDs are fading..)
But in overview its awesome, I'm a lucky Roadtest winner!
Till now I'm not very experienced with the TI-Environment, but I'm confident, that I could create some nice things with it soon, stay tuned! Next time maybe with a Video :-)
I hope you enjoyed my short review!
So long, best regards, Stefan
