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| quarterback:
Finally got a chance to hook up a couple lightmite's and snap some pics. In all the photos below, there are three translucent leaf buttons. The firs one is a lit up green translucent, then an UN-lit green translucent then a lit-up light blue translucent button. This first photo is taken from above. An overhead light is on in the room and the shades are pulled over the window and no flash is used. The difference between the lit blue and the lit green are pretty obvious. This second picture is the same setup as the above, but from an angle. It's difficult to even tell the difference between the lit-green and the UNlit green button. This is true in person as well as in this photo. This final picture is with the overhead light turned off. I also adjusted the exposure before taking the photo so the buttons actually appear in the picture the way they do to the eye in person. The previous photos show the blue to be brighter and more washed out than it actually is. This 3rd photo is a more accurate representation of the color, the brightness and the difference between the blue and the green when lit. While it's clear that there is a difference between a lit and an unlit green translucent, the difference is almost negligable and, unless you're looking from straight above the green... with the lights off or with the shades pulled, it's hard to tell it's lit at all. In a bright room (one with the shades open during the day) I doubt you'd have any clue that the green button was lit. |
| whammoed:
QB thanks for the test. That green is terrible, seriously need to go back to the drawing board on that one. I think I will take green off the website till I improve it. I will have to get a few test buttons from Bob. I have seen up to 40,000mcd green leds and that may be the answer here. Otherwise you could try a 1 watt led like toonces used for his dark blues. (see previous post) Anyway, once I find a solution, i can send the proper LEDs to you if you would like. I guess the good news is that blue one looks good, similar results to the red I tested. |
| rdagger:
--- Quote from: quarterback on March 19, 2006, 10:29:03 am ---In a bright room (one with the shades open during the day) I doubt you'd have any clue that the green button was lit. --- End quote --- I have found that when lighting translucent buttons you really have to experiment to get the right LED. On my flight panel I had good luck illuminating the dark blue buttons with blue LED's, but it did lighten the buttons. When lit with white the color was more rich. When lighting the orange button, I used white with good results. When using colored LED's, if the color is not very close to the button lens color than the button will either be off color or very dark because the lens will filter the light. I have found some excellent super bright green LED's here. Super Bright LED's also carries a good selection. They have a super bright white (part# RL5-WW7035) that is suppose to have a warm more natural color. This might be a good candidate. I was considering modifying my rainbow LED circuit to add a few adjustable RGB outputs so I could adjust the color and brightness of an RGB LED to get the perfect button illumination. |
| quarterback:
--- Quote from: rdagger on March 19, 2006, 11:19:00 am ---I have found that when lighting translucent buttons you really have to experiment to get the right LED When using colored LED's, if the color is not very close to the button lens color than the button will either be off color or very dark because the lens will filter the light. --- End quote --- It's true. Beyond the fact that the green is a dark colored button, you also have to take into account that the green LED is only letting out certain (green) frequencies of light, by then putting that light behind a green filter (the button itself) which is only going to allow certin (green) frequencies of light to pass through, you can easily end up with less transmission than what you'd get out of a white LED. --- Quote from: whammoed on March 19, 2006, 10:58:44 am ---That green is terrible, seriously need to go back to the drawing board on that one. I think I will take green off the website till I improve it. I will have to get a few test buttons from Bob. --- End quote --- Lemme' send you one of my green buttons. I have another idea (or 2) to try with my current setup and the current LEDS, but I was thinking I should just sent you a button and let you test away with what you have, including maybe just a white LED. --- Quote from: whammoed on March 19, 2006, 10:58:44 am ---I guess the good news is that blue one looks good, similar results to the red I tested. --- End quote --- Yeah, the blue look very nice. It's cool that the blue LED makes the Light Blue buttons "more blue" and closer to a dark blue button. PM me and I'll ship you a green button and, in the menewhile, I'm going to try another configuration with the greens I have. Cheers qb |
| whammoed:
Thanks guys. All good points. I will put in an order for 40-60k mcd whites on my next order as well as blue and green. They will be the 10mm variety but that shouldn't be a problem. I need to order some high flux leds as well anyway for the upcoming trackball lights, so another order was inevitable. QB, I must say when lit, I believe I prefer the light blue to the dark blue. Its going to look very cool on your panels I believe. |
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