It’s officially Christmas at the house. The living room is all rearranged and the tree is up. Looks pretty good too. My family came up to visit so I had a lot of help putting it up which is always nice. It’s a bit of a chore to do by yourself but it’s fun as [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Dec 14
Brighter lights
Version 1.1 of the Luxeon LED test board was waiting for me when I returned from the frozen northlands. I spent some time soldering in the through-hole components this morning and then did the LEDs this evening. The LEDs were a little tricky but they all work and I didn’t burn myself which counts as [...]
Dec 09
Lights
I had some parts come in today. Six white LEDs to play with and some 2cm square prototyping boards. After the practice and note taking from last week setting up the simple current control circuit went quickly and I got the LEDs lit up. The new custom PCB should be in the mail and the [...]