I was super excited to stumble across the review today, I really enjoyed reading the review. I would like to thank TPU and Nate for taking the time to review the device.
The ArrRGB DAC started as a project to unify all my RGB devices into one software. I started designing it over a year and a half ago when ARGB wasn't as popular and Corsair iCUE had no native control of Analog devices. This gives you the ability to address 4 different "analog devices" separately for each DAC and they can be daisy chained. I am just enthusiast that designed this board and had about 100 produced. This is really just a hobby and I work in IT full time. I might have to order more boards to be produced soon. For the first batch I am hand soldering the RGB headers as I wanted to allow for the creation of niche 5v Analog for Thermal Take RGB fittings and the vastly more popular 12v analog version. I also placed every SN, assembled every box, and installed every stand off. I am having modmymods.com and piratedogtech.com resell these devices as they have the logistics and time to do so. You can buy it directly from modmymods for $39 and pirate dog tech sells it bundled with some RGB cables for $50.99. Indirectly it is on Amazon and Newegg via MMM for a slightly marked up price, to offset the cost of each respective market place. MMM is a few minutes away from where I work and are a great group of guys, with a nice inventory of items. Pirate Dog Tech is another friend based out of Texas, who makes and sales custom RGB cables.
The target audience is for people who want more control of their Analog RGB devices. I personally used this to control my 12x Thermal Take 5v Analog RGB fittings and that was the main purpose for designing it. The fittings had only a manual controller and no software control, so I decided I wanted to control them. Here is a video from an early prototype:
I also did a cardboard mockup of how it would look to control analog RGB LEDs on devices like your MB and GPU:
I have a youtube channel where I do cover RGB, Electronics, Review tech:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfN1sXzg1AfopkQp8cYpUaA
ArrRGB DAC Development Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuzT4gCGI6_rlhdwjAmaQmN-xBmHF--_O
If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask
Personally this is exactly what I was looking for. Hi "
AnarchoPrimitiv". One of the reasons that I could tell you is that I have a MSI X399 SLI Plus and the addressable header on that board is a 4 pin. There is no way to get it to work with the standard 3 pin ARGB. This unit will be perfect for me as I will have 8 ARGB fans in my setup soon. At $40 it is a nice price. TPU any word on availability?
Ok i found it too bad Newegg Canada wants $59.99 plus $13 in shipping. For that price it is a little out of my range for what it is.
I found this very interesting and had to take a look into it myself as I never knew MSI had used 4pin ARGB. The 4th pin is for clock, some LEDs use a clock pin, though it looks like MSI was an early adopter of it and was the Beta Max, while the 3pin WS2812B style is VHS. Unless you can set the MSI's software to use a different type of LED, you might be out of luck. Granted for the J_Corsair header they do change the protocol (SP-120 RGB non-pro vs. every other Corsair DIY RGB). I don't have a MSI board, so I can't test, though I can't guarantee it will work.
It looks like someone already tried tested this and it didn't work out:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=317425.0
