Connex Pro - Rhino Whips Turn Signal, Braking and Reversing Addon Board
Connex Pro and Connex Lite run on the Rhino RGB system only. They do not control Axion rock lights or Rhino 3.0 RGB+W whips.
Connex Pro is our add-on board for turn signal, braking and reverse integration on the Rhino RGB system. It is designed, built and programmed in-house in Huntersville, North Carolina. Install Help Docs
This board has 5 output channels:
- Left / right full-feature channel with turn signal, braking and reversing functionality.
- Left / right turn-signal-only channel that reacts only when the turn signal is activated.
- Pass-through channel that no trigger affects (turn signal, brake, reverse) and that simply displays the patterns and colors coming from the controller, or Patriot, S.O.S and Strobe modes.
These channels let you tie each product on the vehicle to whichever channel you want. Side mirrors and halos on turn signal; front left and right rock lights on turn signal; rear rock lights on turn signal, braking and reverse — the assignment is yours.
Features:
- Patriot Mode — red / white / blue patterns.
- Strobe Mode — 5 strobe speeds.
- External and internal blinking — tie in an external turn signal module, or let the board run the blink itself.
- S.O.S Mode that strobes amber/white or red/blue across the whole system.
- 12V outputs for left / right turn signal, to drive external lights through relays.
- Street Only Mode — switches the lights off with a flick of a switch while keeping the turn signal, reverse and braking functions live.
Connex Lite vs Connex Pro
Connex Pro Demo
Development history
- 02/03/22 — Concept mapped out and schematic drawn for prototype 1.
- 05/10/22 — Prototype revision v.05 fabricated and moved into testing.
- 06/07/22 — Rev 8 ordered.
- 07/05/22 — Rev 8 hardware in bring-up.
- 07/25/22 — Firmware feature-complete; final hardware ordered for testing.
- 08/11/22 — Final hardware tweaks made.
- 09/28/22 — Breadboard test passed with a switch that keeps the data signal identical in and out.
- 10/07/22 — Schematic updated and Rev 9 ordered.
- 10/22/22 — Rev 9 in extended testing and local customer installs.
- 01/05/23 — Rev 9 validated; Rev 10 simplifies the outputs.
- 06/01/23 — Further Connex board production ordered.