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Thought I might see how many other sets of lights that have been made at home are getting around out
there.....
First look in here for a while and I read the "Your Commuter" thread started by Hippy.........gotta
thank u for the inspiration on the lights Hip, yours was the first site that I came to when I
decided to make some lights and now I am up to about version 5. Last week I went to a mates place
who has a metal lathe and machined up an Aluminium housing for my next set of lights (now using the
35mm halogens instead of 51mm (smaller is better)).....in the next week or so we are going to try
some home anodising (plenty of sites on the web) to go for a good looking and hard wearing finish
(probably blue as I always loved those blue anodised parts)
I am also working on my own version of the "Lightbrain" to pulse width modulate the output and allow
for infinite power level adjust between 0 and 100%(using a PIC16F84). Also in progress are a light
using white LEDs (12 x 10 000 mcd), a 12V, 4500mAh NiMh battery pack in a water bottle, and a smart
charger for both the NiMh (using MAX712) and SLA (using UC3906) - (these two are the electrical
engineer in me coming out).
Anyway, if anyone is interested www.ozemail.com.au/~drgagnon is my site (being updated pretty
regularly).
Cheers,
Gags
there.....
First look in here for a while and I read the "Your Commuter" thread started by Hippy.........gotta
thank u for the inspiration on the lights Hip, yours was the first site that I came to when I
decided to make some lights and now I am up to about version 5. Last week I went to a mates place
who has a metal lathe and machined up an Aluminium housing for my next set of lights (now using the
35mm halogens instead of 51mm (smaller is better)).....in the next week or so we are going to try
some home anodising (plenty of sites on the web) to go for a good looking and hard wearing finish
(probably blue as I always loved those blue anodised parts)
I am also working on my own version of the "Lightbrain" to pulse width modulate the output and allow
for infinite power level adjust between 0 and 100%(using a PIC16F84). Also in progress are a light
using white LEDs (12 x 10 000 mcd), a 12V, 4500mAh NiMh battery pack in a water bottle, and a smart
charger for both the NiMh (using MAX712) and SLA (using UC3906) - (these two are the electrical
engineer in me coming out).
Anyway, if anyone is interested www.ozemail.com.au/~drgagnon is my site (being updated pretty
regularly).
Cheers,
Gags