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| MYX:
It can never be too bright. Laser beams should shoot out of your CP. ;) Seriously though, If you are using a LEDWiz, you can also turn down the brightness value. |
| somunny:
Thanks for the info. I'm gonna hook 'em up and if they're too bright, I'll put another resistor value in series until I get what I'm looking for. If it's Pink Floyd at the Lazarium then so be it! Steve |
| Tahnok:
--- Quote from: MYX on March 11, 2006, 03:51:54 pm ---It can never be too bright. Laser beams should shoot out of your CP. ;) --- End quote --- When done, your CP should look something like: |
| southpaw13:
Interesting----is there something simple you can put in-line to adjust the brightness? I have the same problem with them shooting up to the ceiling. I got them hooked up to 12v with a resistor. How can I do brightness control without an LEDWIZ? Thanks, Southpaw |
| somunny:
--- Quote from: southpaw13 on March 11, 2006, 11:18:54 pm ---Interesting----is there something simple you can put in-line to adjust the brightness? I have the same problem with them shooting up to the ceiling. I got them hooked up to 12v with a resistor. How can I do brightness control without an LEDWIZ? Thanks, Southpaw --- End quote --- Higher value resistor will dim it down (or kill it all together if the resistance is too high). I don't know what your LED values are but I would think that you could use this calculator; http://led.linear1.org/1led.wiz ... and drop the amount of current that you want. If you're passing 30mA now, try using a resistor that will only pass 15 or 20 mA. Steve |
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