2019-10-25, 11:39 PM
I'm planning a total rebuild of my electrical system this winter, and as I am planning for some short hand 24h races next season, one of the things on my list is to change all the lighting onboard to LED. I like the flexibility of LED strips, and as I was tinkering around the house I got an (brilliant) idea for the boat. By using RGBWW strips and a Shelly RGBW controller (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8DQntdtD4E) I can control and dim the lights through MQTT and through a dimmer switch as well. But the best part of it is that I can hook up only the R and the WW (Warm White) channel of the strip, and have two fixed, dimmable channels for each strip. As the Shelly controls RGBW - I can connect a strip on R/W and one on G/B and control two sets of strips per Shelly controller.
This could allow me to build a complete failsafe system, where there is no way I can turn on white light by accident while sailing after dark for instance.
Comments? Thoughts/ideas? Anyone who have done anything similar?
Oh and I AM looking for cool ways to create a dashboard where I can have touch screen buttons to send MQTT commands to control the lights. Any pointers?
//Ranur
This could allow me to build a complete failsafe system, where there is no way I can turn on white light by accident while sailing after dark for instance.
Comments? Thoughts/ideas? Anyone who have done anything similar?
Oh and I AM looking for cool ways to create a dashboard where I can have touch screen buttons to send MQTT commands to control the lights. Any pointers?
//Ranur