zigge_51 Posted December 30, 2016 Member ID: 23877 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 222 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 139 Achievement Points: 1755 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/28/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 20, 2022 Birthday: 01/21/1994 Share Posted December 30, 2016 (edited) I'm moving out in a couple of weeks, yay, (maybe a month). As I'm renovating my apartment I wan't some new light in my "hall" and in my bedroom. I have an idea of how to do this, but I'm still a little bit out in the dark about it.. So.. Anyone have some experience with this kind of project? I'm thinking something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09eEdbpb-nI Im thinking to run this of a arduino so that I can connect this to another project that I'm planning atm. Edited December 30, 2016 by zigge_51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
bds1961 Posted December 30, 2016 Member ID: 1213 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5350 Content Per Day: 1.03 Reputation: 13966 Achievement Points: 47155 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 174 Joined: 03/04/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 10/11/1961 Device: iPad Share Posted December 30, 2016 There are low voltage LED it's that use a adhesive taped back string of lights. They work great The tape is 1/2 inche wide with a LED every inch They are not dimable but are very easy to install. Rockler has kits, look them up on line to get a idea of how they work. Then you can find rolls of the lights on line cheaper than Rockler along with the termination blocks and transformer. There good for accent lighting and in long stretchs add some light. Attached are some I worked into the under side of my kitchen cabinets when I built them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
zigge_51 Posted December 31, 2016 Member ID: 23877 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 222 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 139 Achievement Points: 1755 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/28/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 20, 2022 Birthday: 01/21/1994 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) Thanks mate, I'm thinking some digital addressable ones, so that i can make som kind of pattern or something. I've looked at some diffrent ones on ebay, but I've calculated that I have to get atleast 20m of led light... and that's quite a lot imo. But i can't figure out how much power and how to set the grid up, the codeding part of this project is a no brainer for me, so that's no problem. But the whole electronics part is the big problem.. :/ http://www.ebay.com/itm/WS2812B-5050-RGB-LED-Strip-5M-150-300-Leds-144-60LED-M-Individual-Addressable-5V-/371432213255?var=&hash=item567b15cb07:m:mtQ859zLUV_msJ6iSTwfRDg Or something like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-20m-5050-LED-SMD-Flexible-Tape-Rope-Strip-Light-Xmas-Outdoor-Waterproof-Plug-/291805165068?var=&hash=item43f0f1760c:m:mQXu0YFVFuhcJ8r4TWaPbvA Edited December 31, 2016 by zigge_51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Damage_inc- Posted December 31, 2016 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.36 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) itll kinda look like this after so gay and fun Edited December 31, 2016 by Damage_inc- Mule 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
diggydoc42 Posted January 1, 2017 Member ID: 23985 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 9 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 189 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 103 Achievement Points: 1223 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/22/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 8, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Well...if you got the coding part all figured out it's all easy from there... from what i see the first ebay link you posted are your best bet, they are 5V so your power brick should have that voltage output. now you need to find out what Amp rating one single strip has and multiply it to the number of strips you need to use. for example you need one 15 meter long strip on one power brick, they come in 5 meter strips and each strip is 2.5 amps. in order to power the entire 15 meters you will need a power brick with a 5V output and a minimum of 7.5 amps. you can always go over the amp rating without any major issues but not below it as the led's will be starved of power. as for setting the grid up...easy...most led strips come with a male connector on one end and female connector on the other so you can daisy chain them. a side note, these strips do not have single RGB led's, they use 3 separate led's to mix the color up so transition stile effects will seem laggy as the will jump 3 led's at a time and the chain will loose fluidity. but they will work ok for simple light effects. if you want something like this things get a bit more complicated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted January 1, 2017 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 296 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4479 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3643 Achievement Points: 36581 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 40 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Online Last Seen: 8 minutes ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted January 1, 2017 Work Voltage: 5V DCpower for each SMD: 0.3W that is 0.3 times how many LED bulb will give the total wattage then to find amps I(A) = P(W) / V(V) diggydoc42 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted January 1, 2017 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 296 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4479 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3643 Achievement Points: 36581 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 40 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Online Last Seen: 8 minutes ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted January 1, 2017 oh forgot to say pay attention to the LED current requirement ...do not go over the spec rating of it otherwise will burnout over time read use the pie chart in above post to figure out the math for your needs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
FLDMARSHAL Posted January 2, 2017 Member ID: 5490 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 136 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 469 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 243 Achievement Points: 4101 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/06/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 24 Birthday: 10/18/1976 Device: Windows Share Posted January 2, 2017 hi im into ambx i have the lights and speakers set up to my pc and tv and the lights work with sound from the tv awsome not a bad price but if u just want the lights check it out hellcat owns ambx now http://ambx.com/frontpage.htm hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
zigge_51 Posted January 2, 2017 Member ID: 23877 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 222 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 139 Achievement Points: 1755 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/28/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 20, 2022 Birthday: 01/21/1994 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 (edited) Well...if you got the coding part all figured out it's all easy from there... from what i see the first ebay link you posted are your best bet, they are 5V so your power brick should have that voltage output. now you need to find out what Amp rating one single strip has and multiply it to the number of strips you need to use. for example you need one 15 meter long strip on one power brick, they come in 5 meter strips and each strip is 2.5 amps. in order to power the entire 15 meters you will need a power brick with a 5V output and a minimum of 7.5 amps. you can always go over the amp rating without any major issues but not below it as the led's will be starved of power. as for setting the grid up...easy...most led strips come with a male connector on one end and female connector on the other so you can daisy chain them. a side note, these strips do not have single RGB led's, they use 3 separate led's to mix the color up so transition stile effects will seem laggy as the will jump 3 led's at a time and the chain will loose fluidity. but they will work ok for simple light effects. if you want something like this things get a bit more complicated Thanks diggy :-) ill look into it, what led strips will you recomend? The led's from the vid, is 15£ pr.m and that way too much as I need 25-30m.. I'm gonna have 3 grids. Two separate grids in the "hall" and one in the bedroom. The two ones in the "hall" will be 6-7m and 4m, the one in the bedroom, is most likely to be 10-12 m. Edited January 3, 2017 by zigge_51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
diggydoc42 Posted January 4, 2017 Member ID: 23985 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 9 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 189 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 103 Achievement Points: 1223 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/22/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 8, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Thanks @@KaptCrunch , i didn't scroll down. @@zigge_51 ,well...the first two grids should be ok with those chinese strips. but the bedroom will be a problem, as you will be pushing 100+ W of power through them, i fear they will work for a few hours and then the power traces in them will burn. bedroom is a relatively big project so you don't wanna skimp out on it... zigge_51 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
spinpuppy Posted January 4, 2017 Member ID: 3682 Group: ++ COD5 Admin Followers: 56 Topic Count: 178 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1834 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 1747 Achievement Points: 14780 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/27/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 11 Birthday: 01/12/1960 Device: Android Share Posted January 4, 2017 I'm moving out in a couple of weeks, yay, (maybe a month). As I'm renovating my apartment I wan't some new light in my "hall" and in my bedroom. I have an idea of how to do this, but I'm still a little bit out in the dark about it.. So.. Anyone have some experience with this kind of project? I'm thinking something like this: Im thinking to run this of a arduino so that I can connect this to another project that I'm planning atm. HOMEDEPOT.COM Check it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Mule Posted January 4, 2017 Member ID: 390 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 410 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 4251 Content Per Day: 0.79 Reputation: 3050 Achievement Points: 35625 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 25 Birthday: 05/08/1959 Device: Windows Share Posted January 4, 2017 Whats wrong with a FOOKing Lamp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
zigge_51 Posted January 4, 2017 Member ID: 23877 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 222 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 139 Achievement Points: 1755 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/28/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 20, 2022 Birthday: 01/21/1994 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 HOMEDEPOT.COM Check it out Yeah.. i live in Denmark.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
zigge_51 Posted January 4, 2017 Member ID: 23877 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 222 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 139 Achievement Points: 1755 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/28/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 20, 2022 Birthday: 01/21/1994 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 Whats wrong with a FOOKing Lamp? It's not as cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
zigge_51 Posted January 4, 2017 Member ID: 23877 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 222 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 139 Achievement Points: 1755 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/28/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 20, 2022 Birthday: 01/21/1994 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 @@diggydoc42 yeah... that's quite alot of power... and i think that it might be not as cost effecient as i have hoped... Hmmm yeah, I'll have to get som high end led's for the bedroom.. argh so pricy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
zigge_51 Posted January 6, 2017 Member ID: 23877 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 222 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 139 Achievement Points: 1755 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/28/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 20, 2022 Birthday: 01/21/1994 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 (edited) Quick translation: Køkken = kitchen Bad = bathroom Gang = "hall"? Soveværelse = bedroom Stue = living room Altan = balcony Edited January 6, 2017 by zigge_51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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