Hardware Arilux AL LCxx

Arilux AL-LCxx

LC01	LC02	LC11

Property	Value
Manufacturer	Arilux
Product page
Wiki page
Build flag	ARILUX_AL_LC01 ARILUX_AL_LC02 ARILUX_AL_LC02_V14 ARILUX_AL_LC11

Introduction

	LC01	LC02	LC11
Working Voltage (DC)	5-28V	9-12V (version 1.4): 9-28V	9-28V
Output Channels	3	4	5
Output Type	RGB	RGBW	RGBW/WW
Output Current	4A x 3	4A x 4	4A x 5
Max. Power	≤144W	≤192W	≤240W
Connection	Common anode	Common anode	Common anode
Dimension (approx)	L46 x W19 x H8 mm	L46 x W19 x H8 mm	L46 x W19 x H8 mm

Version 1.4 of LC02 and other clones with incorrect colours on output

Now you may encounter newer version of AL-LC02 devices being sold that uses different output pins than older ones. Result is that if you flash "normal" LC02 espurna firmware you'll have mismatched RGBW output (green ok, blue light instead of red, white light instead of blue). Solution is to use espurna firmware arilux-al-lc02v14 dedicated for those devices which has correct pins mapped. From outside only difference is input voltage printed on the label (9-28V on devices with 1.4 version and 9-12V on most of the older ones). Unfortunately only way to be 100% sure that you have 1.4 device is to check version number printed on the PCB inside the device.

There are also newer(?) boards with "ZJ-WFMN-A V1.1" markings on them (see image below) that use the same pinout, so you can use same firmware version with those boards.

Flashing

Open the plastic enclosure (using a sharp tool) and extract the little board inside.

You will see some soldering points with labels: GND, TX, RX and I00. If you are good enought with the soldering iron, connect dupont wires to these pads (check this guide).

If you prefer to got the safe way, use this tricky method:

• bend the tip of some dupont wires
• glue the tip to a short piece of a ziptie
• hold the board in place with a couple of pins,
• hold the the zipties with clothespins
• adjust the tips of the dupont wires placing them carefully on the soldering pads

Finally, connect the dupont wires to your FTDI-USB dongle:

• TX -> RX
• RX -> TX
• GND and I00 -> GND

And follow the general instructions in this page to start the flashing procedure.

Issues

TODO