Comments - First of 40 done - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T09:01:06Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4778851%3ABlogPost%3A84585&xn_auth=noOk got the assembly down to 1…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-04-11:4778851:Comment:856852011-04-11T22:07:13.220ZBurtonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/BurtonRosenberger
<p>Ok got the assembly down to 1 hour per unit, I don't think I will be able to assemble them any faster and have the LED's all point in the proper direction.</p>
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<p>I have not considered the mounting solution yet outside maybe using a thin piece of wood, or using a PVC pipe and heating it up to flatten half of it out. <br></br><br></br>Will update if I find a way to reduce the assembly time more, without having to preorder custom PCB's (which is always a option but they are expensive) With a…</p>
<p>Ok got the assembly down to 1 hour per unit, I don't think I will be able to assemble them any faster and have the LED's all point in the proper direction.</p>
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<p>I have not considered the mounting solution yet outside maybe using a thin piece of wood, or using a PVC pipe and heating it up to flatten half of it out. <br/><br/>Will update if I find a way to reduce the assembly time more, without having to preorder custom PCB's (which is always a option but they are expensive) With a custom PCB you could probably assemble a unit in 35 minutes or less.</p> Its not actually bad on the b…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-04-10:4778851:Comment:852082011-04-10T02:28:41.644ZBurtonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/BurtonRosenberger
<p>Its not actually bad on the back if you dont slouch lol ... As long as part of you is touching the concrete its normally fine ... I sit cross legged a lot though so I am use to it, no couch in my living room for example just a kotatsu and my TV<br></br><br></br></p>
<p>Ok LED's by themselves are not that prone to static, but static can kill them. They normally only handle up to 50mA before dieing ...<br></br><br></br>That said at my old old old place of work we had about 5000 in a plastic bin on a steal…</p>
<p>Its not actually bad on the back if you dont slouch lol ... As long as part of you is touching the concrete its normally fine ... I sit cross legged a lot though so I am use to it, no couch in my living room for example just a kotatsu and my TV<br/><br/></p>
<p>Ok LED's by themselves are not that prone to static, but static can kill them. They normally only handle up to 50mA before dieing ...<br/><br/>That said at my old old old place of work we had about 5000 in a plastic bin on a steal shelf and we rarely had a bad one. BUT I was told by a good electrical engineering source that if I am seriously going to be working with "that number of LEDs," in reference to the 1540 I have down stairs, then I should take precautions against static as it can kill them. <br/><br/>I am not just sitting cross legged all the time, I do shift to laying down when "populating" the boards and keep my elbows on the concrete. When I am soldering the boards I switch to another position :)<br/><br/>Just an update on that note, I have 4 assembled boards, 5 makes one bar, and it takes about 2 hours to make one board >.< One hour is consumed with just populating the board, then the other hour spent soldering all the leads and wires then testing.<br/><br/>So far no dead LEDs :)</p>
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<p>I did notice something odd though, some PCB are 11x11 on the sides and some are 11 to 14 on either side ... so I have several boards with different hole configurations which is very very odd. When I go to mount these I will most likely just drill holes for the LED arrays to fit through then drill individual holes for the screws for each board since none of them line up with each other ...</p>
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<p>You get what you pay for :)</p> sitting cross legged on the f…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-04-09:4778851:Comment:850142011-04-09T23:54:45.128ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>sitting cross legged on the floor to solder those boards, dang that has to be hard on the back!!!!!!</p>
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<p>Are LED's really that prone to damage by static, I don't usually even take that kind of precaution when working with chips.</p>
<p>sitting cross legged on the floor to solder those boards, dang that has to be hard on the back!!!!!!</p>
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<p>Are LED's really that prone to damage by static, I don't usually even take that kind of precaution when working with chips.</p> WOW that is so bright, I am s…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-04-09:4778851:Comment:844812011-04-09T16:36:55.842ZBurtonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/BurtonRosenberger
<p>WOW that is so bright, I am still seeing a remnant of the test and I was 45 degrees off center!</p>
<p>The darker colored ones are UV (top left) and IR (bottom right)…<br></br><br></br><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772183262?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772183262?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></img></a> <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772183279?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772183279?profile=original" width="317"></img></a></p>
<p>WOW that is so bright, I am still seeing a remnant of the test and I was 45 degrees off center!</p>
<p>The darker colored ones are UV (top left) and IR (bottom right)<br/><br/><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772183262?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772183262?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772183279?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772183279?profile=original" width="317"/></a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772183316?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772183316?profile=original" width="413"/></a></p>
<p>Some new diagrams I made to help myself, and you guys. I will explain them later but for now you can look at them and ask questions if you have any. :)</p>