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- MIT: 3-D printing with variable densities
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- Making endstops from printer photo interrupters.
- Printer Parts + Time = Repstrap.
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- Hands on experience with an SEM.
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Tag Archives: led driver
XP-G Keyring Light
Recently I have been watching my poor old keyring light slowly die on me and have begun to wonder what I could replace it with.. Well the obvious answer of course is a Lithium Polymer powered XP-G keyring mod! So this is … Continue reading
Posted in Low cost lights.
Tagged charging, Cree, LED, led driver, LED light, Led lighting., LED lights, lipo, lithium batteries, lumen, optics, power led, power led driver, XP-G, XPG
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Low Cost Bike Light Construction
Found some time today to finally get started on a head lamp for my helmet. Its a fairly simple build this one with most of the parts being unmodified. Below you can see the 8xAA battery holder (4 on top, … Continue reading
Posted in Low cost lights.
Tagged bike lights, Cree, electronics, LED, led driver, LED lights, ledil, ledil optics, pencil beam, XP-G
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Getting a move on
Now that I have the optics and LED’s to do with the drivers I have started to get it all together. In the image below you can see the basic shape and design of the lights that will go on … Continue reading
Posted in Trike Lights
Tagged batteries, bike light, cycling, LED, led driver, Led lighting., recumbent bike, recumbent cycling, recumbent light, recumbent trike, trailing light, XR-E
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Drivers.
Well I came across some high current drivers today that should do the job of powering the XR-E LED’s. They are capable of running a string of 3 at 1A per led, but I am only going to run 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Trike Lights
Tagged electronics, LED, led driver, Led lighting., lighting, power led driver
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