My Project

Looks great! Good job on the assembly. So what is that going to do?

Will power the board with 7 volts and 700 ma to power the 5W RGB LED's.
One board for each of two fountains.
The following sequences are available within the boards programing.
Plenty of choices.



Sequences Included in the version 3 Firmware
1. Slow fade all colors to 25% intensity and fade back down.
2. Slow fade all colors to 50% intensity and fade back down slower.
3. Slow fade of all colors up to 50% intensity with slow fade down low intensity.
4. Very slow fade of all colors to 50% intensity with slow fade back down very low intensity.
5. Very slow fade of all colors to 50% intensity with even slower fade back down very low intensity.
6. Slow fade of all colors to 50% intensity with faster fade back down to fully off.
7. Slower fade of all colors to 50% intensity with faster fade back down to fully off.
8. Red full intensity, slow fade to off; Green full intensity, slow fade to off; Blue full intensity, slow fade to off.
9. Slow fade of Red to full intensity, slow fade to off; Slow fade of Green to full intensity, slow fade to off; Slow fade of Blue to full intensity, slow fade to off.
10. Position Marker: Position 10 (1 blink of all LEDs)
11. Slow fade of Red on, slow fade of Green on, slow fade of Red off, slow fade of Blue on, slow fade of Green off, slow fade of Red on, slow fade of Green off.
12. Slow cycle of fade between rainbow of color, various combinations of Red, Green and Blue on/off at various intensities.
13. Full Red, 100% intensity.
14. Full Green, 100% intensity.
15. Full Blue, 100% intensity.
16. Purple: Red and Blue combination.
17. Orange: Red and Green combination.
18. Bright White: Red, Green and Blue combination.
19. Half White: Red, Green and Blue combination.
20. Position Marker: Position 20 (2 blinks of all LEDs)
21. Low White: Red, Green and Blue combination.
22. Full color spectrum fade.
23. Slower full color spectrum fade.
24. Slow warm color spectrum fade.
25. Cool color spectrum fade.
26. Purple color fades.
27. Red, Green, Blue cycle at 50mS rate.
28. Red, Green, Blue cycle at 100mS rate.
29. Red, Green, Blue cycle at 200mS rate.
30. Position Marker: Position 30 (3 blink of all LEDs)
31. Red, Green, Blue cycle at 300mS rate.
32. Red, Green, Blue cycle at 400mS rate.
33. Red, Green, Blue cycle at 500mS rate.
34. Red, Green, Blue cycle at 1000mS rate.
35. Slow flashing Red.
36. Slow flashing Green.
37. Slow flashing Blue.
38. Red to green wig-wag 100ms each color on.
39. Red to green wig-wag 150ms each color on.
40. Position Marker: Position 40 (4 blinks of all LEDs).
41. Red to green wig-wag 200ms each color on.
42. Double flash red, pause, double flash green, pause and repeat (100ms on, 150ms off).
43. Double flash red, pause, double flash green, pause and repeat (150ms on, 200ms off).
44. Triple flash red, pause, triple flash green, pause and repeat (100ms on, 150ms off).
45. Triple flash red, pause, triple flash green, pause and repeat (150ms on, 200ms off).
46. Dark blue to purple throb .
47. Light blue to purple, slow throb .
48. Pastel colors morphing.
49. Full spectrum fade over 1.27 seconds per color, hold color for 50mS
50. Position Marker: Position 50 (5 blinks of all LEDs)
51. Full spectrum fade over 2.50 seconds per color, hold color for 50mS
52. Full spectrum fade over 5.10 seconds per color, hold color for 50mS
53. Full spectrum fade over 10.2 seconds per color, hold color for 50mS
54. Full spectrum fade over 1.27 seconds per color, hold color for 100mS
55. Full spectrum fade over 2.50 seconds per color, hold color for 100mS
56. Full spectrum fade over 5.10 seconds per color, hold color for 100mS
57. Full spectrum fade over 10.2 seconds per color, hold color for 100mS
58. Purple pulsing.
59. Lime-green pulsing.
60. Orangey pulsing.
61. Firmware Version Marker: 3 Flashed of Green

Is there a full board schematic for that? I plan on doing one with my own PIC but it'd be sweet if I had a schematic I could go off of.

Edit: I see a good view of the board from the top so I can trace out the connections there, but I don't see one of the bottom. Anyway I could sweet talk you into posting a picture of the bottom of the board so I could trace out the connections on that side as well? Thanks!

Ike - Check your messages.

Got my 6 foot 1/2 plexiglass rod - its awesome.
https://2img.net/h/oi48.tinypic.com/29nxi54.jpg
Found this connector at work that slides perfectly on the end and has a smaller input end which should hold my 3 mm fiber cables
tightly and close to the end of the rod.
https://2img.net/h/oi49.tinypic.com/2e6f142.jpg
https://2img.net/h/oi50.tinypic.com/28bwh0y.jpg

I will polish the ends of the rod and the fibers flat for a good close match up and hopefully full transmission of light.

I got the heat sinks for the 5 watt LED's setup today. These should keep them cool.

https://2img.net/h/oi47.tinypic.com/14ihmw5.jpg
https://2img.net/h/oi46.tinypic.com/9ucdqf.jpg
https://2img.net/h/oi45.tinypic.com/c6p9u.jpg

Holy crap lol. Should also work as a nice heat sink should you ever decide to build your own nuclear reactor! Way cool though.

What did you use to weld the top plate to the fins? I've read that it can be tricky to get a good heat conducting weld but haven't tried it myself.

Hi Bruce, hohooo, this looks like you want to build a ICE machine *LOL*
Looks great. I mount my leds with screws and in between aluminium and led bottom this cooling cream, then same as used on the cpu in a PC, works perfect. also you can buy heating cream that is like a glue, but secure it with screws is better. Here you can find a drawing of my setup. https://laminar.forumotion.com/laminar-nozzle-talk-and-pictures-f1/the-guide-for-a-perfect-rgb-light-with-pmma-fiber-optic-cable-t93.htm

Thanks for the Pics looks icy cool

Mario

The Ice Machine is Up and Running

Here are the first photos of the 5 w RGB leds.

Video - The Rainbow LED Board Works - Great.
Photos of the "works" tomorrow.
I will try and put together a nice video showing many of the effects.
On to the fiber optics tomorrow.

View My Video
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covewi wrote:Video - The Rainbow LED Board Works - Great.
Photos of the "works" tomorrow.
I will try and put together a nice video showing many of the effects.
On to the fiber optics tomorrow.

View My Video
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Nice and Bright, looks ok! A bit of Disco strobe Feeling
Do you have also solid swiching colors and soft transitions?

Yes - Heres the list of available sequences which can be edited.

# Slow fade all colors to 25% intensity and fade back down.
# Slow fade all colors to 50% intensity and fade back down slower.
# Slow fade of all colors up to 50% intensity with slow fade down low intensity.
# Very slow fade of all colors to 50% intensity with slow fade back down very low intensity.
# Very slow fade of all colors to 50% intensity with even slower fade back down very low intensity.
# Slow fade of all colors to 50% intensity with faster fade back down to fully off.
# Slower fade of all colors to 50% intensity with faster fade back down to fully off.
# Red full intensity, slow fade to off; Green full intensity, slow fade to off; Blue full intensity, slow fade to off.
# Slow fade of Red to full intensity, slow fade to off; Slow fade of Green to full intensity, slow fade to off; Slow fade of Blue to full intensity, slow fade to off.
# Position Marker: Position 10 (1 blink of all LEDs)
# Slow fade of Red on, slow fade of Green on, slow fade of Red off, slow fade of Blue on, slow fade of Green off, slow fade of Red on, slow fade of Green off.
# Slow cycle of fade between rainbow of color, various combinations of Red, Green and Blue on/off at various intensities.
# Full Red, 100% intensity.
# Full Green, 100% intensity.
# Full Blue, 100% intensity.
# Purple: Red and Blue combination.
# Orange: Red and Green combination.
# Bright White: Red, Green and Blue combination.
# Half White: Red, Green and Blue combination.
# Position Marker: Position 20 (2 blinks of all LEDs)
# Low White: Red, Green and Blue combination.
# Full color spectrum fade.
# Slower full color spectrum fade.
# Slow warm color spectrum fade.
# Cool color spectrum fade.
# Purple color fades.
# Red, Green, Blue cycle at 50mS rate.
# Red, Green, Blue cycle at 100mS rate.
# Red, Green, Blue cycle at 200mS rate.
# Position Marker: Position 30 (3 blink of all LEDs)
# Red, Green, Blue cycle at 300mS rate.
# Red, Green, Blue cycle at 400mS rate.
# Red, Green, Blue cycle at 500mS rate.
# Red, Green, Blue cycle at 1000mS rate.
# Slow flashing Red.
# Slow flashing Green.
# Slow flashing Blue.
# Red to green wig-wag 100ms each color on.
# Red to green wig-wag 150ms each color on.
# Position Marker: Position 40 (4 blinks of all LEDs).
# Red to green wig-wag 200ms each color on.
# Double flash red, pause, double flash green, pause and repeat (100ms on, 150ms off).
# Double flash red, pause, double flash green, pause and repeat (150ms on, 200ms off).
# Triple flash red, pause, triple flash green, pause and repeat (100ms on, 150ms off).
# Triple flash red, pause, triple flash green, pause and repeat (150ms on, 200ms off).
# Dark blue to purple throb .
# Light blue to purple, slow throb .
# Pastel colors morphing.
# Full spectrum fade over 1.27 seconds per color, hold color for 50mS
# Position Marker: Position 50 (5 blinks of all LEDs)
# Full spectrum fade over 2.50 seconds per color, hold color for 50mS
# Full spectrum fade over 5.10 seconds per color, hold color for 50mS
# Full spectrum fade over 10.2 seconds per color, hold color for 50mS
# Full spectrum fade over 1.27 seconds per color, hold color for 100mS
# Full spectrum fade over 2.50 seconds per color, hold color for 100mS
# Full spectrum fade over 5.10 seconds per color, hold color for 100mS
# Full spectrum fade over 10.2 seconds per color, hold color for 100mS
# Purple pulsing.
# Lime-green pulsing.
# Orangey pulsing.
# Firmware Version Marker: 3 Flashed of Green

TOP LEFT: 9 volt - 2.77 amp power supply
MIDDLE TOP: LM317 voltage regulator - output 700 ma
TOP RIGHT: Connector board
BOTTOM LEFT: Rainbow RGB LED sequencer
BOTTOM RIGHT: Heat sink and RGD LED's

Nice donne! Looks good. How do you mount the fibers?

Oh - you will just have to wait and see - that comes today.

Magic-nozzle wrote:How do you mount the fibers?

With a saddle and stirrups

Looks good covewi. Where did you get your enclosure? Have you thought about removing the switch from the RGB board and running wires to a weather proof switch on the front of the enclosure so you can change functions with it closed?

Ike - here's the cheapest place to purchase waterproof enclosures:

http://www.yourbroadbandstore.com/category.php?cat=E

Yeah - you are correct - you could have let me know BEFORE I soldered everything together - one more thing to do.

Fiber Holder

The outlet holes are an exact fit for the 3 mm cable.
I will try to close off the larger area around the outlet in hopes of increasing the output into the fiber.



More Later

Oh man! That is awesome! WAY TO GO! It looks very well put together. I like the photos.

This is a lighted 6 foot 1/2 diameter plexiglass rod which will be cut down to fit the fountain.
I assume that if the rod can look this good - then the laminar steam will too.

https://2img.net/h/oi46.tinypic.com/qrelvc.jpg
https://2img.net/h/oi45.tinypic.com/2vsm73s.jpg
https://2img.net/h/oi50.tinypic.com/opbl3p.jpg

I smell a lightsaber project in the works with the left over rod...

That looks awesome! Can't wait to see it in your fountain!

covewi wrote:Fiber Holder

The outlet holes are an exact fit for the 3 mm cable.
I will try to close off the larger area around the outlet in hopes of increasing the output into the fiber.



More Later

WOW... that is nice !!
Where did you find that LED - fiber holders ?
I want some of that also

And the rods seems like a perfect deal to transfer the light up to the output.

Btw, I consider using a 1Watt Blue laser diode on my nozzle
The price for 1 single laser diode has come down to 30£ for 1Watt

Thanks - here is the link to the LED's - they are 5 watts each - bright- bright - bright.

http://www.besthongkong.com/index.php?cPath=19_24

The fiber holders fell out of the sky. No deliberate thought went into those - it just worked out.

I use them at work for air line connectors - Liteglow (check your PM)

Finished the fiber holder.
https://2img.net/h/oi49.tinypic.com/2llgbdk.jpg
http://tinypic.com/r/2mhscqq/6
http://tinypic.com/r/f4gzmo/6
https://2img.net/h/oi48.tinypic.com/2updyjt.jpg

covewi wrote:I am up and going but the stream is not uniformly lit. WHY WHY WHY???

The plexiglass rod is around 1.5 inches from the nozzles and is BRIGHT !!! But the stream is not uniformly bright - there are light and dark segments.
What is the best viewing angle to see the lighted stream?
90 degree's (sideways to the stream) yields a very poor light show but as you come around towards the end of the stream the you see much more of
a lighted stream.

Magic - I noticed that all of your photos and videos are from the angle I am talking about. Is there a reason for that.

But even then there are light and dark segments to the stream.

HELP

Quoted from another thread:

If I had to guess, I would say its because your stream coherency is so good. Just like end glow fiber cable, if your water stream is really good then all of the light will stay in side and not refract out to your eye (which makes it look dark from your point of view). So the spots that appear dark are actually the portion of the stream that are the most perfect. The lighted portions are the areas where the water is fighting against its own surface tension a little which causes slight imperfections and lets some light refract out.

I would use Magic's idea of "clouding" the water slightly which will cause a lot more light to refract out so it all lights up better. I think he used tapping fluid which you should be able to find at most hardware stores.