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Post by Big Man Black T-Shirt(Patrick) on Jan 2, 2018 21:08:42 GMT
I make LED doodads with wood bases or housing. I'm currently revamping my design. Can you guess what this is for? (They're the same thing, the one on the left is just the more recent version. These are just test carves) (I'll add 2 more photos one at a time until it's revealed what it is, so hurry and guess!)
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Post by Big Man Black T-Shirt(Patrick) on Jan 3, 2018 23:53:31 GMT
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Post by Big Man Black T-Shirt(Patrick) on Jan 4, 2018 0:16:20 GMT
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Post by kevin on Jan 4, 2018 0:22:36 GMT
You got me! I was thinking you had taken up making your own PEZ dispensers and it was a mold for the head of a new Transformer Pez dispenser. lol
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Post by Bruce on Jan 4, 2018 0:52:43 GMT
making your own multi-port USB power supply?
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Post by Derek the Admin on Jan 4, 2018 2:37:31 GMT
I was too scared of looking dumb with a bad guess to even venture one. Ha!
This has the makings of a very cool project. Keep us posted.
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Post by notso on Jan 4, 2018 3:28:38 GMT
Looked like space invaders to me....
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Post by Big Man Black T-Shirt(Patrick) on Jan 4, 2018 5:56:08 GMT
Actually it's just an upgrade to some existing products I make. My LED signs and LED ring Muses for now use a wall wart power supply. With this addition I will replace the wall wart PSU with a standard USB micro cable connection so the customer can supply their own damn power! (and save me some money, eg, profit, at the same time)
I figure everyone has several old smartphone, tablet, etc. USB chargers around, so why sell them another one, just give them a USB port and they're all set.
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Post by Big Man Black T-Shirt(Patrick) on Jan 4, 2018 5:56:49 GMT
Looked like space invaders to me.... Me too! Or a knock off Bender the robot.
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Post by DHS Designs on Jan 6, 2018 6:43:30 GMT
I too was thinking Space Invaders..
I am just curious about the power capabilities of such a unit and where to acquire the USB unit. Is that a standard item or do you make them?
I am working on a product that will need power to LED lighting. It will be a framed picture with a built in lighting unit attached to the frame. I have not solved the power supply portion of the project yet and I am interested in this as a possible solution. With a full charge, how long can such a device power the LED?
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Post by Big Man Black T-Shirt(Patrick) on Jan 6, 2018 19:51:48 GMT
I too was thinking Space Invaders..
I am just curious about the power capabilities of such a unit and where to acquire the USB unit. Is that a standard item or do you make them?
I am working on a product that will need power to LED lighting. It will be a framed picture with a built in lighting unit attached to the frame. I have not solved the power supply portion of the project yet and I am interested in this as a possible solution. With a full charge, how long can such a device power the LED?
The USB unit? Meaning the breakout board in the photos? Those are available on eBay, bang good, aliexpress, etc. Cheap too. I don't utilize a battery in my products because I sell them and I don't want to assume the legal liability for rechargable li-po batteries, because they can and do catch fire sometimes! If you're not selling them you can go the lipo battery and USB port route. You'll need a 3.7V and whatever AmpHour rating you want, depending on how long you want the LEDs to run on a single charge. But like I said, I'm using the USB port to supply 5V with NO battery. Keeps things simple. I did test a 3.7V 1200 mAh battery with a 16-LED NeoPixel ring running a nice rainbow color chase at full intensity and that thing ran for over 13 hours before I turned it off. If you're powering single color LEDs and less than 12 of them, you could probably get by with a much smaller battery.
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Post by DHS Designs on Jan 7, 2018 4:57:31 GMT
Thank you for the detail clarkdv. I will check it out and buy one to mess around with. And now I also have a good sense of how to CNC the USB into the project.
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