justDIY Project Log

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Some space to write down what I was thinking about when I designed or photographed something.

Archive for the 'Microcontroller' Category

LED Matrix Backpack

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

I had purchased some huge (2″) 5×7 matrix a while ago, as part of my led sensor research. They’ve basically been banging around the lab since, getting pins bent and such. So this past weekend, I decided to put them to some other use. Their pin layout is sort of weird, it [...]

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MintLite Part I - Continued

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

The huge size of my previous pcb layout kept bugging me … it was about 1.3×1.2″ and would have consumed more than half of the mint tin space! So, I spent few hours coming up with something a little more compact.

This second layout is more compact, but still a bit on the large size; [...]

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MintLite Part I

Friday, September 8th, 2006

MintLite - The Luxeon Powered Mint Tin Flashlight!
This idea has been rattling around in my head for more than a month now, and I finally have thought it out enough to do some doodling in Eagle. The basic idea is built around a six watt Luxeon K2. I plan to use a pair [...]

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