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Adding Remotely Controlled Headlights to Tricopter
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Preparing headlights
Last couple of days I spent on making the headlights using Würth Elektronik’s bright LEDs driven by TPS92512TPS92512 evaluation module.
Aluminium substrate boards were used as they provide proper heat sinking. I got a bunch of them from eBay seller for just $2.5.
Würth Elektronik provided us with required components from their portfolio and I chose these LEDs High Brightness LED, WL-SWTC Series, WhiteHigh Brightness LED, WL-SWTC Series, White.
I also got some spacers that I used to mount the Launchpad to and rotary encoders which ended up unused.
I soldered the LED using solder paste and hot air soldering station. It all went very well and I soldered 8 LED without a fail.
TPS92512EVM found its place in a small repurposed box under the Launchpad (the way I remotely control TPS92512 was described in my previous post - Adding Remotely Controlled Headlights to Tricopter)
Yesterday I spent my free time on making the headlights enclosure using some depron, thick paper and super glue. Reflective surface was made using aluminium foil glued to thick paper.
I didn’t take too many pictures of this process but I have some and of course image of the final product is here:
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Aluminium foil: Aluminium foil used as reflective surface inside headlights |
Headlights: Würth LEDs inside thick paper case |
Top view: Aluminium heatsink attached to four aluminium boards with LEDs (back side). |
Plywood mount: Headlights are attached using plywood bracket |
ON: Headlights turned on |
This blog series will be finished with my last post where I make a short overview of everything I did during these 2 months + video footage of night flight.
Thanks,
Dragan
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