Hi All,
I've been trying to wire a strip of 15 LED lights to a USB-C breakout board and I can get power and lights work, but the LED strip lights are very dim where a LED globe is nice and bright.
AND, I do know the power source is a 5.1V USB charger and I know that the LED strip requires 12V, but I'm not powering the entire strip, just the 15 LEDs and am wondering if there's something I can do get these brighter?
Parts I'm using:
- Arduino USB-C breakout board (4090)
- 5.1V USB Charger with USB-C Cable
- 2x resistors
- 15 LEDs on 12v LED strip
As we can see in the below photos, with 15 or 3 LEDs connected, I still get a very DIM light source and I'm sure these get brighter.
As for the board config, here's a photo of how it's wired up
I'd love to know if there's something I'm doing wrong here or a better way to wire/set this up so I can get my LEDs working properly.
Thanks for any insight!