Week 9

Output Devices

Group Assignment


Power consumption of an output device

We measured the power consumption of a WS2812B RGB LED strip. We measured the power consumption of 7 solid colors and one fire animation where the leds were flickering.

Using Ohm's law we calculated the power consumption in Watts using this formula: P = V x I

Example: P = 4.9V, V = 0.06A, We can find I (WATTS) with I = P X V

I = 4.9V X 0.06A = 0.294W

4.9v
Fire 0.06A 0.294W
Red 0.11A 0.539W
Yellow 0.19A 0.931W
Greenish Yellow 0.24A 1.176W
Green 0.11A 0.539W
Blue 0.11A 0.539W
Purple 0.09A 0.441W
White 0.28A 0.372W