RGB controller

RGB LED Controller Hardware Design

A custom-designed printed circuit board (PCB) for an RGB LED controller, featuring full schematic capture, board layout, and manufacturing-ready fabrication files.

Table of Contents

• About the Project
• Tech Stack
• Getting Started
• Repository Structure

About the Project

This project contains the complete hardware design files for a custom RGB LED controller. It serves as a physical hardware module designed to drive and manage RGB LED lighting systems.

Tech Stack

• EDA Software: KiCad (for schematic capture and PCB layout)
• Hardware Type: Lighting / Power Electronics

Getting Started

Follow these instructions to view or modify the hardware design files locally.

Prerequisites

• KiCad EDA to open the core project files.
• A PDF viewer to read the exported schematics.
• A Gerber viewer (if you only want to inspect the manufacturing layers).

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/MohamedHassanExp/RGB-LED-controller.git

2. Navigate to the project directory

   cd RGB-LED-controller--main

3. Open Hardware/RGB controller.kicad_pro project file using KiCad.

Repository Structure

The repository is organized to separate the editable design files from the static manufacturing outputs:

• Design Files: The Hardware/ directory contains the core KiCad project files, including the schematic (RGB controller.kicad_sch), the physical layout (RGB controller.kicad_pcb), and a PDF export of the design (RGB controller.pdf).
• Board Renders: High-resolution 3D renders of the physical layout are available as RGB controller-front.png and RGB controller-back.png.
• Manufacturing Files (Hardware/Manufacturing/): This directory contains everything a fabrication house like JLCPCB or PCBWay needs to manufacture and assemble the board:
  • RGB controller-gerber.rar: The compressed Gerber layers and drill files for PCB fabrication.
  • RGB controller-BOM.csv: The complete Bill of Materials for component sourcing and assembly.
  • RGB controller-position.csv: The centroid/pick-and-place data for automated SMD assembly.