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Aug 24, 2010 Eric R. Krystof in Main Articles | 0 comments

LED Night Flying Part 10 - Remote Controlling your LED circuits

Control your LED Circuits with your receiver - using simple components like brushed ESCs or remote controlled relays. Add some mixing and you can not only turn them on or off, but also dim your lights.

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Aug 17, 2010 Eric R. Krystof in Main Articles | 0 comments

LED Night Flying Part 9 - Placing your LED circuits on the craft

You're done wiring, and you've got a craft. Like chocolate and peanut butter, popcorn and movies, it's time for your LEDs to become quite literally attached to your craft.

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Aug 09, 2010 Eric R. Krystof in Main Articles | 0 comments

LED Night Flying Part 8 - LED Wiring and Current Check for Battery Power

Let's wire up ALL eight LED circuits we've made so far all together in parallel and check how much current the full circuit pulls, examine how to power the circuit, and even look at a modular 'power bar' to make swapping out different LEDs a snap!

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Aug 08, 2010 Eric R. Krystof in Main Articles | 0 comments

LED Night Flying Part 7 - SMD LED circuit wiring

SMD LEDs - You can buy the same LEDs that come in the strip kits in individual packages and wire them up any way you want. Lots of variety in color, brightness, viewing angles, just annoying in terms of size when handling.

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Aug 07, 2010 Eric R. Krystof in Main Articles | 0 comments

LED Night Flying Part 6 - Wiring Your Standard Bulb LEDs

We'll calculate the resistance for our 3 bulb LEDs (Spotlight and Straw Tube), wire them up and test them out.

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