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I am very sorry if this is not the correct place for this question.

 

I am a machinist and manufacturer of a motorcycle throttle lock and recently purchased some boards for displays that read a pot from an electric bicycle throttle and use that information to light up a series of LEDs that are mounted on the board. Basically it is an RPM gauge.

 

Unfortunately the LEDs are very dim and I am hoping to have a few boards made that I can use to light much brighter LEDs. I know 3D design, CAM, G-Code and machining, but electronics are a foreign language to me. There are a few other design considerations and constraints but I was poking around and saw the Arduino Nano and love the small form factor since ideally this needs to fit into a small mirror housing.

 

Free time isn't something I have in large supply and would prefer to pay for help to design vs. buying a bunch of stuff and playing/testing/learning as I don't have any other known usages for digital boards and learning to program them.

 

I appreciate anyone's time for reading. Perhaps pointing me to information or someone interested in doing the design.

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  • Thank you guys. These are not going to go on-bike but merely sit on a counter at a motorcycle dealership so customers can't watch the display and play along to learn how to use the product. I was under the impression that I might be able to use one of the $20-$30 boards and a few bucks worth of brighter LEDs and replace the entire board with a brighter array for aroound the same price or less. Labor is costly for me as my time is very limited so taking these apart and soldering in new items isn't something I'm likely to Acheive.

     

    Shabaz where would I find the filter material? I'm not familiar with this stuff but if it helps that's an easy fix especially if I can't cut it on the Co2 laser or mill it.

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    Hi Brian,

     

    There are some filters here, not cheap but a single one should be useful for several displays when cut to size.

    I've used these particular ones before, they are quite nice.

    They won't make the LEDs brighter, but increase the contrast immensely, which helps with viewing.

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