Lamptron Unveils CU135 ARGB Fan and Lighting Controller

[btarunr]

Lamptron today unveiled its flagship fan- and lighting controller for gaming PCs, the CU135. The set consists the main control unit that you can tuck behind your case's motherboard tray; a display module that you install right under your graphics card (along the plane of the motherboard); and an RF remote control. The main control unit takes in either one 4-pin Molex or one SATA power connection for power, and puts out six each of high-power 4-pin PWM fan headers (36 W per channel), and 3-pin addressable-RGB lighting headers. It also takes in six 2-pin thermal diodes (included in the package), along with a proprietary connection for the display module.

The multi-color 7.84-inch LCD touchscreen display lets you view fan-speeds and temperatures across all six zones on the home screen. Using this touchscreen, you can also draw up fan-curves for each of the six zones, set color and lighting patterns for each of the six lighting zones, read temperatures from the six external sensors. The included RF remote control lets you do all this, without having to reach up to your case. The CU135 can also take in 3-pin ARGB connection from your motherboard, so you can copy lighting profiles over from your control software. The control module measures 121.5 mm × 72.5 mm × 21 mm (WxHxD), while the display module measures 360 mm × 70 mm × 12.5 mm, taking up 3 expansion slots inside the case. You can find other places for the module (such as your desk top). The company didn't reveal pricing.



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[cucker tarlson]

my p600s came with a fan hub and alpenfohn fan pack with its own remote control,glad I don't need this.

 

[AnarchoPrimitiv]

my p600s came with a fan hub and alpenfohn fan pack with its own remote control,glad I don't need this.

But do either of those have software that allows such granular control as this software does? The software is what separates the good from the bad, have you had a chance to use the Thermaltake neon maker software? It allows you to work with LED animations and lighting effects on a time-line like a video editor, it's one of the best out there and I wish they'd make it generic, but anyway, the software is what distinguishes these

 

[cucker tarlson]

But do either of those have software that allows such granular control as this software does? The software is what separates the good from the bad, have you had a chance to use the Thermaltake neon maker software? It allows you to work with LED animations and lighting effects on a time-line like a video editor, it's one of the best out there and I wish they'd make it generic, but anyway, the software is what distinguishes these

Got it all on my remote

 

[LocutusH]

I actually quite like this. I had a 5.25 potmeter controller from lamptron back in the days.
But i wonder if this can for example set colors based on temperatures, etc? We need a review.

 

[AnarchoPrimitiv]

I actually quite like this. I had a 5.25 potmeter controller from lamptron back in the days.
But i wonder if this can for example set colors based on temperatures, etc? We need a review.

Look up a small channel on YouTube called "Hardware Hound", he's a big fan of RGB and has done a lot of reviews on the smaller RGB products that larger reviewers skip over. He actually did a previous Lamptron digital RGB controller they released about a year ago which is somewhat similar to the one in this press release so you might want to check that channel out.

Got it all on my remote

Yes, but your remote cannot create custom animations or allow you to control the color, brightness, duration, etc of each LED.

Someone needs to make a generic, addressable LED software with a great GUI like the TT neon maker software (but will work with any generic addressable LED strip with a 3 pin JST connector) and the fine, granular control that's possible with FastLED codeing on an arduino.

And for the sake of sanity, the industry needs to scrap the proprietary connectors (I'm looking at you Corsair and Thermaltake) and adopt the generic, 3 pin JST connector that's pretty much LED industry standard (when it's not branded by a PC company and has the price tripled) on generic strips.

 

[cucker tarlson]

Yes, but your remote cannot create custom animations or allow you to control the color, brightness, duration, etc of each LED.

yes,but then again my pc is not a unicorn.

 

[my_name_is_earl]

Congratulation modder, as if your case isn't full of RGB wiring. Here's some more.

We need some sort of wireless tech.

 

[Mistral]

The hardware looks good but they should really hire someone who understands UX and UI for that front panel.

 

[LocutusH]

Congratulation modder, as if your case isn't full of RGB wiring. Here's some more.

We need some sort of wireless tech.

Yeah because fans arent expensive enough yet

 

[Indurain]

Interesting, all the temp probes seem to be discrete sensors. So the only integration seems to be Motherboard ARGB.