Archives
As of September 7, 2010
Painting With Flight! We go over a few last minute tips before your first night flight, and some open shutter photo experiments, yielding trails of
Control your LED Circuits with your receiver – using simple components like brushed ESCs or remote controlled relays. Add some mixing and you can not
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
Reference our earlier articles for sources of these LEDs as well as our web calculator links to figure out resistance values. They’re tiny, they’re awesome. Surface
We’ll use 3 White LEDs from Radio Shack, wired in series. Two pairs of this circuit will be created, one for each side of the craft.
If you’re building your own circuits, chances are you’ll need a lot of these tools or equivalents. If you’re not, well, then skip down to
Parallel LED Circuits
Parallel LED Circuits Keep in mind… A single series circuit has limits Remember your LED calculators from the last article! LED Wizard LED Calculator HB LED Calc If youMore Series LED Circuits
So, last time we introduced the simple LED circuit. A power supply (your battery), anLED (the light), and a resistor (to limit current). We introduced all the mathLED Characteristics and The Simple LED Circuit
Let’s continue with a look at LED characteristics and a little introduction to your most simple LED circuit, a single LED with and without a resistor (without is bad if you’reDIY LED Helicopter Blades
Make your own LED Helicopter blades for night flying! I love LEDs. It’s the mini-electronics geek in me. Needless to say, it was one of Continue Reading →