2nd 2009 Portaflood COOP Now open

[wjohn]

We had a great subscription to the first COOP, and with at least 15 PCBs on order already, I am kicking off the 2nd COOP for a Portaflood PCB, the design is based on the one by Matt Edwards, and detailed in the Hardware Forum.

What is a Portaflood? Matt has put together a design for a three channel LED portaflood. The board is designed to operate from 24 VDC and the total power rating would be ~ 13 Watts per board. The board is laid out for 5mm LEDs. You could set the board up as a Single Colour Flood, or a RGB flood, based on the type of LEDs fitted.

The board size is 5755 mils by 4235 mils. (146.2mm x 107.6mm) Doubled sided, plated, silkscreened and solder masked. The Mounting holes are designed for M3 screws. 4-40 screws should be OK.

The case is a 500W Porta Flood light. check out Matt's album for photos. He ditched the inwards and replaced the plate glass with 5mm PolyCarb. The LEDs are configure in 3 separate groups.

Each group 9 string of 6 LEDs. that is a total of 162 LEDs The resistors are to set the current only. for single color I use 20mA. For RGB you may need to Adjust them so Full On is white.

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The COOP will be open until 21 May 2009. on 22 May I'll place an order for the PCBs requested. I expect to start shipping by Mid June and for you to have your boards by late June.

Costs.

Each PCB will cost $USD8.00 each, shipping will be USD15.00 for up to 7 PCBs (fiberglass is heavy) via Airmail. if you want more than 7 PCBs in a single order, please PM me for a Mail rate.

Payment, will be via PAYPAL, I dont have a shopfront, so the normal process will followed.

To secure your boards, please make a payment, based on the above costs.

to: wjohn(at)iinet.net.au

Please include in the comments section of the payment:

2nd 2009 Portaflood PCB COOP
# of PCBs ordered.
correct postal address
preferred email address
DIYC NICKNAME

Update:

The order has been placed, 104 boards were paid for by 22 May. I will have a few spares.

Delivery is ~14 days, and then onforwarding to COOP members.

Sims101 10
Ingrid 2
Frank 4
Mudsculpter 10
Goldie 12
JasonHuff 18
rkhanso 7
RPM 4
scorpia 4
Davidth 4
nickb 3
g2ktcf 10
magott 10
Mikester 6

[wjohn]

New Total = 26 PCBs ordered.

[scorpia]

ah damm it.

i didnt see the order date. looks like i miss out again. :(

[wjohn]

ah damm it.

i didnt see the order date. looks like i miss out again. :(

Umm, no?

The COOP will be open until 21 May 2009.

Pete, stop smoking the wacky weed at work!

[scorpia]

yeah miss read the post,

ah well, i still have plenty of time till i miss out then, :p

[wjohn]

but you should jump on soon!

New Total today, 36.

[wjohn]

we have 54 ordered, still time to hop on board. (pun)

[wjohn]

and we moved ahead to 61 overnight, with Roger signing up for 7 PCBs.

[jgrei1]

can i direct deposit? how much AUD ?

[wjohn]

can i direct deposit? how much AUD ?

Yes, you can. 10 AUD plus 7.70 pri shipping.

[wjohn]

dont forget, we close the COOP soon, dont sit on the fence!!

[Goldie]

Hi john

Just wanted to amke sure you got my order for 12

[wjohn]

These are the orders:

Sims101 10
Ingrid 2
Frank 4
Mudsculpter 10
Goldie 12
JasonHuff 18
rkhanso 7
RPM 4
scorpia 4
Davidth 4

[wjohn]

and Nickb is in for three boards. total now 78.

[g2ktcf]

make that 88...I am in for 10

[wjohn]

better make it 98, just got a local order for another 10.

[Mikester]

Make that 104... Just sent paypal for 6 boards

[wjohn]

104 boards have been sent last week.

I have had notes back to say the local boards were delivered already, and the USA deliveries should start this week.

Frank and Roger (rkhanso), your boards were sent today (well, they came back because I was 1 stamp short on the original packages, so Aust post sent them back, after defacing the original stamps - Thanks Aussie post for that!!) They have been sent in new packages and should be with you in about 7-10 days.

[RPM]

Got my boards today. Thanks John.

Robert

[daviddth]

I love the portaflood boards. Cant wait for the White LED's to try out lol. Thanks to all involved in the design & testing :)

[rkhanso]

got mine today. Thanks.
Now, to find the instructions on how to put this together....searching.....searching.....OK - here they are: http://www.doityourselfchristmas.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3353&d=1233371487

I'll need to get the DMX transceiver and dongle going to control this with vixen, right?

[wjohn]

Hi,

you dont have to use DMX at all, Matt has his own DC DMX controllers , i believe.

there are a lot of ways to control these floods. Here is just a couple of ideas:

DC SSRs - Use a DC SSR, one per flood (for RGB) with a 24 VDC source. the DC SSR can be controlled from a REN64, HELIX, GRINCH etc.

AC SSR - Use an AC SSR, but rectify and filter the AC to DC, after the TRIAC. needs some extra parts, but you can re-use some spare AC SSRs. Remember to keep the AC voltage to ~ 16-18 VAC as the peak DC value will be higher than the RMS value of the AC.

I am sure thehere are other options, and ppl will chime in with their thoughts.

John.

[RPM]

Hi,

you dont have to use DMX at all, Matt has his own DC DMX controllers , i believe.

there are a lot of ways to control these floods. Here is just a couple of ideas:

DC SSRs - Use a DC SSR, one per flood (for RGB) with a 24 VDC source. the DC SSR can be controlled from a REN64, HELIX, GRINCH etc.

AC SSR - Use an AC SSR, but rectify and filter the AC to DC, after the TRIAC. needs some extra parts, but you can re-use some spare AC SSRs. Remember to keep the AC voltage to ~ 16-18 VAC as the peak DC value will be higher than the RMS value of the AC.

I am sure thehere are other options, and ppl will chime in with their thoughts.

John.

I was thinking of making a 3 channel DMX controlled DC dimmer board with a built in power supply and install it right in the housing.

Still have to get my boards built up to try this out ;)

Robert

[Matt_Edwards]

I do have my own controllers - but they use switches to set the DMX address. I am in the process of re-doing them to go switchless.

As wjohn stated there are heaps of solutions out there.

You can also use breadboard a Renard and load the DMX code in it.

RPMs will no doubt be another excellent addition to the available options.

Cheers
Matt

[g2ktcf]

I ordered 4,000 LEDs today! I can't wait for them to show up!

[Mudsculpter]

Got my boards today in perfect condition. Thanks.