knightcrusader

Awesome... I was hoping that was the case. So I have a single fan on the hub to test, no fan power though - just the lights. When your freshly upload the program for the first time and plug the hub into the data line... what is it supposed to do? Light up a solid color? Flicker? I'm still not convinced my unit isn't defective so I am making sure to eliminate any errant behavior before I go forward. Thanks!

Okay, new question since I am a noob to this. I have the Arduino, I have the wiring parts and hub and fans and everything else to get going. Now on to the wiring. I plan on keeping the arduino plugged in to the motherboard via USB so I can write a program that can send it serial commands from Windows. I'm a programmer by trade and I have no problem getting that figured out, I've programmed serial devices from command line before. However, electronic engineering is not my strong point. Since the Arduino will always be plugged into the USB and getting power that way, do I have to wire up the 5V from the hub back to the input of the Arduino? Also do I need the ground connection as well? I can't figure out if I can get away with just one wire for data or if I need a wire for data and the data wire needs a ground back to the board. This stuff gives me a headache. I also suspect I have a bad board because this thing has given me problems ever since I first bought it new, even after switching out USB cables and computers. Last night it just stopped wanting to flash period. I am going to swing by Microcenter tonight to get a few extras to confirm if the board crapped out or not.

So I got my wife's new Crystal 570X case. Wow, this is a nice case. Bummed it only has SP120 fans right now, but hey, it's a place to start hacking. :sunglasse I didn't expect the fans to already be installed, but its all nicely put in there from the factory and wires routed (as pictured in the attachments). One thing I didn't expect was this case has the same three lighting control buttons on it as the remote does. Now, I knew there was the ability do it when I seen the controller kit, but I didn't know this case had it. Now... I assume there is a way to add ability for the Arduino and the program on it to respond to these key presses. I look forward to looking into adding this functionality (unless its already there and I missed it). Oh, I also did some searching and found this. Look familiar? I think I am going to order a few... dozen. I have the tools and wiring to make actual cables. :biggrin:

I had to register an account here to compliment you guys on your hard work... I love this project. I have been meaning to learn how to work with an Arduino and this gives me the perfect outlet to do so. I am building my wife a new computer and had her pick out a case, and she picked the Corsair 570X. After I did some research on it I stumbled on the video of the music demo and was amazed what you could do with your own controller. Of course, later I learned the case only comes with the SP120 fans and not the HD120 fans, but hey, at least I can get started on it and then upgrade to the HD120 fans when money permits. I bought an Arduino Uno at Microcenter tonight and am waiting on the case to come in from Newegg so I can start playing around with it. I have experience writing Perl scripts in Windows that can talk to serial ports (wrote a module to talk to the Epson cash register receipt printers) so I should be able to whip something up that can control this on the client side pretty easily. I also have the tools and experience to create custom cables with proper header plugs so if I can see what plugs the hubs use more closely I might be able to make interface cables for the Arduino to hub that doesn't require hacking anything up. I'll just have to find the part on DigiKey/Arrow/Mouser. I'll be sure to share when I make progress.