CANdle U
ser’s Guide
www.ctr-electronics.com 1/17/2022
Cross The Road Electronics Page 6 1/17/2022
1.2. Features
•
Eight
onboard
individually addressable
LEDs
–
CANdle can be used without wiring additional LEDs.
•
Supports
multiple kinds
of external
addressable
LEDs
(1)
•
Works with
12V RGB(W) LED strips
(when +V
IN
is ~12V)
•
Works with
5V RGB(W) LED strips
(using onboard regulated 5V supply)
•
5V Output can also
power 5V peripherals
such as
Raspberry
Pi
or
Jetson
Nano
•
Reverse
Input Power
Protection
•
Output
Short
Circuit
Protection
•
Output
Overcurrent
Protection
•
Thermal
Protection
•
Voltage and Current
Measurement
•
High-Side
PWM control
of the
V+ Output
•
Polycarbonate
housing
prevents debris from entering inside device
•
Electrically
isolated
heatsink
allows for direct mounting to robot frame
•
Auto-detection of
CAN bus / CAN FD
(Phoenix) or
WS2812B-compliant pulse-train
.
No software configuration required to choose between the two.
•
Robust bootloader
and
reliable field-upgrade
(no physical button required, no
“
stuck states
”
that
requires user intervention)
•
Firmware supports
several animations
(Larson, rainbow, twinkle, color fades, etc.) when used with CAN
bus
•
Robust
embedded wire leads
that will
not shake loose
.
•
Wire leads are labeled
for
fast and easy wiring
.
Note 1:
See
for more information on what types of individually addressable LEDs are supported.