ChrisParkerTech

The LEDs only draw that much current at full white max brightness. Most of my functions use the HSV color scale so at max brightness each LED pulls between .02 and .04 amps. The rainbow function st max brightness pulls the most power and it pulls almost exactly 10 amps. A bigger power supply would be safer but I was trying to keep my budget as small as possible!

Make sure your code sets the LEDs to their max brightness. The tiles should diffuse the light well if the LEDs are bright enough.

Rather than buy a new 5v 10a power supply, I used two 5v 5a supplies I already had and wired them in parallel. Works the same but doesn’t look as clean.

Instead of buying a 5v 10 amp supply like I described I used two 5v 5 amp supplies I already had in parallel. It’s effectively the same

No issues so far. I never have it on for more than a couple hours though

This is a great suggestion! Clicking each tile 8 times gets pretty annoying

Thanks so much for the support!