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Unread 04/19/2016, 01:23 PM   #60
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Originally Posted by mkzimms View Post
Interesting. Maybe I will leave my lights on the arduino then, and keep everything else native to the pi. I would like to remove the arduino all together though, just another point of failure.

Any ideas of a break out board with better spec for PWM?
What frequency are you using on the Arduino?

The PCA9635 is an option, but 100kHz is too high for most LED drivers. I don't know of a comparable all-in-one PWM chip which strikes the balance. It does work, but point a phone camera at a dimmed light - you'll see the rolling shutter bands on most drivers.

(You could get to 2.6kHz on the 9685 by driving it with a 50MHz clock, but thats pretty extreme).


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