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Lynx MR16/DC Controller

Description: 16 Channel DC dimmer.
Connectors (2): 1 DMX Input, 1 DMX Output
Data Type: Receive DMX
Common Use: MR16 Flood Lights


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The MR16 Controller is a specialized contoller for the purpose of contolling your MR16 light Canons. It has 16 channels of independant dimming control. Each channel is design to handle 12 MR16 spot lights. It is setup to allow you to operate 4 cannons which include up to 12 Red, Green, Blue mr16 each. with each color of each canon on its own channel to allow blending of color. It uses simple spade connects to connect to it so you can any suitable cable and use female spade connectors to interconnect. It uses DMX and has perfectly smooth dimming with no flicker. It uses any external 12v supply you choose to use($19 computer supply works well). It has been tested with two different sets of MR16 avalible from Wirekats coops. It is design to fit into a nice small weather resistant case. One controller can handle up to 192 MR16's if the external power 12v power supply can supply the 35 amps needed to handle them. I will post a picture of a finished unit as soon as the production pcb's arrive. RJ

Other Uses
The MR16 Controller is also very useful for controlling "dumb" RGB LED items that are run using DC voltage. The way these work is that you control the entire strip using three channels: One for Red, one for Green, and one for Blue. By adjusting the dimming of the three channels you can control the color for the entire string/strip of LEDs. Each MR16 controller can control up to 5 strings/strips (16 total channels / 3 = 5 leaving one channel unused).