RGB floods

[Daemon]

Does anyone have a board design for a flood or strip that actually uses RGb 3 leg leds?

I have a few thousand of them and need a home for them.

[David_AVD]

Can't say I've seen 3 leg RGB LEDs. Did you mean 4 leg? (one for each colour + a common)

The reason they don't get used is you can't configure them in a useful way. Using 3 resistors with each colour of each LED is grossly inefficient.

[n1ist]

Frank's strips use 4-pin Piranha RGB LEDs with individual resistors, as does many of the RGB pixel designs. As David said, for a panel, individual LEDs or 6-leaded RGB LEDs is a better choice since you can wire them in series (preferably with a true constant-current source) for more efficiency.
/mike

[LabRat]

I've played with the common annode (or common cathode) LED's before, but most of them lack the brightness required to act as a flood lamp. They're great for a more subtle mood lamp (perhaps placed behind some type of translucent diffuser). But there's no way the ones I have would be able to flood anything more than a box of kleenex.

Your mileage may vary, may not appear as shown, I'm not a lawyer nor do I play one on television, these aren't the droids you seek.

[IdunBenhad]

Hi:
RGB floods.

Sounds like too much water in Russia.

[Daemon]

Can't say I've seen 3 leg RGB LEDs. Did you mean 4 leg? (one for each colour + a common)

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Your right. I never mentioned the common because it is too common.

[Daemon]

Frank's strips use 4-pin Piranha RGB LEDs with individual resistors,
Is that the RGB strips + W?
Can you show me a link to one please. All I could find of Franks stuff used individual green,blue,red and whites I thought.

[budude]

Frank's strips hold up to 18 RGB SuperFlux/Piranha LEDs AND up to 18 single color (usually white but don't have to be) SuperFlux/Piranha LEDs. Each LED/color requires a current limiting resistor (18 x 4 or 52 resistors). The strips can use either common anode or cathode RGB LEDs but it's suggested you use common anode since most DC controllers here use switched grounds and common positive sources.

I was going to suggest the strip but - it would be a bit of work to install the regular RGB LEDs and as LabRat indicated, they typically aren't as bright. I got a bag of 50 of them myself a while back and still haven't figured out what to do with them...

[kychristmas]

Here ya go...

Frank's Super Strips (http://www.kostyun.com/led-displays/rgbw-flood-strip/)

If you are interested, I have a bunch of these that I'm not going to use and will be offering up for sale. I also have some of the RGB and White LEDs to populate them.

Kelly

[Daemon]

Here ya go...

Frank's Super Strips (http://www.kostyun.com/led-displays/rgbw-flood-strip/)

If you are interested, I have a bunch of these that I'm not going to use and will be offering up for sale. I also have some of the RGB and White LEDs to populate them.

Kelly

Hi

Thanks. Not a lot of information on that page is ther but I know where to find it.
I was looking at those but decided from the picture of the board that it was for individual red, green and blue and white leds.

How much are the boards each? I would be interested in getting some/all.
I have plenty of RGB leds but could use a few whites if I did grab the boards.
Send me a PM if you like.
Cheers
D

[kychristmas]

Here is his post on DIYC.

http://doityourselfchristmas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6272&highlight=Flood+Strip

[Daemon]

Here is his post on DIYC.

http://doityourselfchristmas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6272&highlight=Flood+Strip

Never mind about those boards then thanks. I never realised this is for flood lights to replace the internals of a flood light case.

I will come up with another use for my rgb leds.

Cheers
D

[kychristmas]

Never mind about those boards then thanks. I never realised this is for flood lights to replace the internals of a flood light case.

I will come up with another use for my rgb leds.

Cheers
D

Though he does have those and mentions them in the thread above, the thread his about his RGB +W Super Strips. They use the 4-prong LEDS.

I have 12 of the Super Strip boards and purchased RGB and White LEDS through co-ops on DIYC.

Kelly

[Daemon]

Though he does have those and mentions them in the thread above, the thread his about his RGB +W Super Strips. They use the 4-prong LEDS.

I have 12 of the Super Strip boards and purchased RGB and White LEDS through co-ops on DIYC.

Kelly

Would you mind pming me with the price per kit and perhaps a photo of the boards.
I was confusing the posts as he has a couple that are similar.
I dont imagine I would need 12 because I have a small house and only decorate the front but I could be keen.

I sort of missed from the description(read that as not clever enough) how many channels etc it uses.

Thanks
D

[Entropy]

Never mind about those boards then thanks. I never realised this is for flood lights to replace the internals of a flood light case.

I will come up with another use for my rgb leds.

Cheers
D
Might want to look into the PCA9635 or maybe my I2C-controlled RGB LED project (browse the Development forum).

I may be resuming activity on my I2C project (likely with a bit of a refocus) in a month or two.

[Daemon]

Might want to look into the PCA9635 or maybe my I2C-controlled RGB LED project (browse the Development forum).


I would be more than happy to although I am with kychristmas's comment from your development post. Just tell me how much the board is and the kit and where to solder.
Your post made my head hurt. Good on you for what you are doing though.