CF 6.5 color mixing problems

[Danz409]

so i finally got my resistors in but it is not looking good. i fired it up for the first time and even without the board booting the green (more so than the others) is on even without ignition. here is a diagram of my setup.



also. once i did connect via rice port it was able to change the brightness of all LEDs however when i turn all to minimum the only one that fully turns out is the red amber and blue. the green still is causing some problems
also i noticed the resistors seem to be running extremely hot. and they are calculated to be higher wattage rating than what is needed. what could be the problem?

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

Well, first off, we would need to see actual pictures of what you have done they need to be good, high quality close up shots.

I also have no idea why you are attaching your amber to the 3.3V pad. It sounds to me like you have a short somewhere.

[Danz409]

that does look like it could be the problem. looks like the insulating layer on some of the wires didn't last so well considering how hot i had to get those pads to melt the solder...
soldering anything on these stars is a pain!

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

That's one (of the several) reasons why many don't use LedEngins any more. Also the fact that you have one die connected to the 3.3V pad isn't helping.

[Danz409]

wait... what? O.o i thought there was 2 pads for each dice

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

wait... what? O.o i thought there was 2 pads for each dice

On the LED, there is a (+) and a (-) for each of the 4 dice. Typically we only use RGB (3 dice) for color mixing...

[Danz409]

i am useing only 3. the amber is wired to the pad labeled FoC for the flash on clash effects if this LED causes too much troubles i do have a luxion tri-rebel i can use in its place. i may just try that

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

i am useing only 3. the amber is wired to the pad labeled FoC for the flash on clash effects if this LED causes too much troubles i do have a luxion tri-rebel i can use in its place. i may just try that

No, you are using all four. It looks like you have the amber and green (or amber and red) wired to FoC1.

[Danz409]

http://www.plecterlabs.com/Media/Doc...10-v1.2-GB.pdf page 34 shows how you should wire up color-mixing without the color extender.
thats exactly how i have mine wired up other than the fact my "amber" is also wired to a pad labled "FoC

[Danz409]

well i found out what the pad labled "FoC" is, its a pre-amped line for the color mixing board. so thats not going to do anything on the amber die. since i wouldn't be able to make use of all 4 die (unless i wire the amber/red on the same line) ill just use the tri-rebel and see how that works