So I’m a newbie and slowly making progress but need some direction at this point. I what I’m trying to do is light up a company logo. The logo has 2 led strips each with 6 leds. The connector it ties to is a 4 port molex. So I ordered a molex adapter have managed to light it up. What my goal is to light up 4 of these logos. What I did is got a buck converter at set it for 18v I got this info from my engineering team. Now the question I have is do I need a buck convert for each device / logo or can I tie all of these to 1 buck converter on a breadboard?
Any input is appreciated but please keep the terminology simple lol. I’m in IT and I’m a storage guy.
What current do the led strips take?
What current can be delivered by the buck converter?
If you do not know, provide links to datasheets or websites where you bought them...
Breadboards are not made for high currents...
18 V is uncommon for simple LED strips and could indicate that the LEDs inside the logo are wired in series chains rather than as low-voltage parallel segments.
This could suggests that the logo is not designed to be powered directly from a voltage source alone, but expects either an internal resistor network sized for 18 V or an external constant-current driver.
No. A breadboard is meant for temporarily building low-power prototype circuits. It's not meant to be permanent and breadboards can't carry high current/power anyway.
