Here’s a request from my buddy Linear:
Wondering aloud, would it be possilbe to socket those LEDs so you could reconfigure the array later? (any thoughts, JustDIY?)
The quote came from a longer thread, where the led being discussed is the high-flux “piranha” package. Well, he must have me pegged as some sort of piranha expert :P
So I pulled out a few leds, and some different sockets. Here is what I came up with:
The black strips are Molex C-Grid board to board connectors … the mating board would have pin headers on it, and the two shall mate. But, they also work decently well for holding other things, sorta like a breadboard does.
Depending on how you wire the pins underneath, the headers accept the LED in either orientation (piranha have two pins for each cathode and anode, which are connected inside the package)
I also tried other cheaper and easier to find sockets, like machined pin and standard spring … they just don’t line up with the piranha’s leads.
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Brilliant idea. I have just started making my own led clusters for house lighting, because i wire the led’s in series to total 12V (without going under), the led’s produce nearly the same light and each LED hasn’t got a resistor (less power, Less Heat). Only downfall of running them in series (4X) is that if one goes you lose 4, Having a socket setup will solve this problem if i have leds that die. Once again Brilliant Idea, i havn’t the time to experiment.
Mick
July 28th, 2008