Hey everyone, Im designing my own halloween mask this next year and I’m trying to do something similar to this project http://volpinprops.blogspot.com/2010/07 … final.html. I’m really only focusing on the rainbow arrangement.
I’m very very new to pcb designing,but I’m familiar with the basics of a circuit board. I was hoping someone could show me the direction to some articles, websites, or could explain to me how this was done.
Thank you in advance
The video shows what was done very clearly. He uses many little PCB’s that hold 4 high efficiency LEDs each with a current limiting resistor. Each LED has a forward voltage drop of about 3.0 volts, but need only about 5 milliamps of current for a surprising brightness. He simply uses colored lenses over top the LED panels.
He must have spent a fortune either making or buying those little circuit boards. The wiring is simple, but massive. He could have used much smaller gauge wire. He probably used that thick stuff for its visual appearance. The circuitry is for sequencing the lights.