Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Bike Lights!

This past Friday I attend a class at Noise Bridge held by Merlin on making bike lights!

A night time requirement, bike likes are relatively expensive for what they are; A battery, resistors, wires, and a few LED's (usually costing $20 for some reasons). A much simpler solution is to just make your own lights.


LED Strips like the ones in the picture above are sold by the meter, and can be cut at in 1'' to 2'' segments. Soldering the wire to the appropriate contact pads ( which have RGB elements, and can emite 12 different colors), and connecting the wire to a switch (unless you prefer to just take the battery out).  the system is ready to go. LED projects are relatively easy, most of the effort stemming from your skills soldering.  

With larger batteries, bigger lights, and more controllers, light projects only get bigger and bigger! 

Happy Making! 

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