LED Strip Studio LEC3, Manual

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If you notice, GND is connected to power source and to LEC3. But please connect only
+Vcc of the LED strip with LEC3. It might activate the polyfuse and disable signal output.
Notes:
• You need to connect LED strip + and GND to power source.
• If the LED strip is longer than 3m (typically), we recommend wiring both ends to the
power source to prevent intensity loss. Intensity loss is caused by voltage drop.
• Clock Ethernet output is connected only when using e.g. WS2801 or APA102
chip-based LED strips.
• When more power supplies are used, you can simply connect them to LED strip
(e.g. usually digital LED strips require power boost every 5m to not lose brightness).
Separate power supplies ( more than 5A per LEC 3 output )
Following scheme shows how to connect SPI digital LEDs (TM, WS or SK family digital
LEDs), power source and LEC3:
Using separate power supply with TM, WS or SK strips
LED strip TM/WS/SK
GND +Vcc
GND
Data
+Vcc
Cloc k
Data
+Vcc
+
GND
Power supply
5-24 V
+
GND
Power supply
5-24 V
GND