Smaller LED 12 Volt Chip For DIY ?
On the surface this thing looks like a cutie. Available in (3) color temps, reasonable wattage to make rational heat-sinking area a reality, and it's the latest technology from CREE. I have big hea...
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Gdetrailer wrote:DrewE wrote:
Fixed link. Tempting gizmo.
If (or when) the $40 lamp on my $10 thrift store 8mm movie projector dies, I might see about cobbling something together based on this or something rather similar. It might even end up being brighter overall.
That little "pea shooter" isn't enough light to get an image to show on a 8mm projector..
I remain somewhat unconvinced that it would not work adequately for my purposes, though obviously it's entirely theoretical rather than practical on my side. I did just, out of curiosity, run a little experiment with a 5W Ikea Jansjö light; it made a quite dim but usable picture at short throw distances. The Jansjö does have the advantage of having a pretty decent optical focusing system already so there isn't too much wasted light out of it.
I'm not trying to light up a drive-in theater or anything like that....
