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 September, 2005

Stuck in this theme!

Friday, September 23rd, 2005

WELL … I just tried changing to another theme I found on the wordpress site … whats that, you say, it doesn’t look any different. well, thats because I changed it back.
It seems the default theme formats my pictures for me, but the add on theme does not, so they distort the browser and [...]

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Philips LED Dimmers

Friday, September 23rd, 2005

These little jems are serial controlled (i2c) PWM generators, designed by Philips Semiconductor for the purpose of controlling leds. I received samples of both the 9531 and 9533, which contain two separate pwm generators, and either four or eight outputs.
Above is a 9531 mounted to a prototyping adapter so it would go into [...]

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Protopod

Friday, September 23rd, 2005

This is my protopod. I think I built four or five of these, some came out better than others … point to point soldering of jumper wires isn’t the best approach, especially when they’re all overlapping and what-not
each of those leds is rated at 200mW, but I’m only driving them around 100mW because [...]

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