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  • Date Created: 5 Jan 2014 1:48 AM Date Created
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A Very Compact Christmas Display - Part 044

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COMPACT
5 Jan 2014

Sick of Blurry Photos? You just can't outsmart a PSoC!

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I'm sick of blurry photos and flash photography going wrong so I quickly constructed this Camera Lens lighting ring.

It should work with my digital still and video cameras.

It consists of 24 RGB LEDS which are individually controlled by a PSoC 4.

All designed, made and constructed in hours!

 

It was the very first fully rotational axis PCB I've made and I am happy with the result and It works a treat.

 

Unlike a standard white only LED light with a fixed illumination level this design with RGB LEDs that are current controlled allows me to control output intensity and colour supposedly without any flickering.

Also unlike a normal LED light I can control combinations of LEDS to get different effects such as alternating LED colours or even alternating on / off and so on and so forth.

I was toying with the idea of hemispherical and selected sector lighting too.

 

I just can't wait to test it out and see what effects I can get.

 

P.S. The spare pin enables additional modules to be connected such as additional lighting and axis pan and tilt.

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    COMPACT over 11 years ago in reply to vsluiter

    Hi Victor,

    Thanks for the link.

    I think it confirms that the PSoC 4 with WS2812Bs is a much simpler method of accomplishing a similar result.

     

    Very Compact

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    vsluiter over 11 years ago

    Hey Monte,

     

    Take a look at this post: Microscope ring light with a number of different features . It might inspire some nice patterns image

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    DAB over 11 years ago

    Nice work Monte.

     

    I wonder if the LED's might be too bright.  I would consider adding a diffusing piece of plastic.

    Try using the nice flexible material from an old dead LCD screen.  That stuff makes great light diffusers.

     

    DAB

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