Lenses and LEDs questions
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I am waiting on the delivery of these - www.adafruit.com/products/1622.
My plan is to mount them in my helmet, leaving a small gap/slit at the base of the eye socket so I can see out.
When lit the light from the LED obscures the slit - this so sort of thing has been successfullydone by people building Ironman helmets.
My plan is to mount them in my helmet, leaving a small gap/slit at the base of the eye socket so I can see out.
When lit the light from the LED obscures the slit - this so sort of thing has been successfullydone by people building Ironman helmets.
For those that are interested here is my first test of the Adafruit LED diffusers.
You start with this:
You peel off the translucent layer and the diffuser is see through !
This allows you to simply mount them in the eye sockets of your helmet without having to fiddle around leaving a small slit at the base of the eye socket to see through. However the price you pay is that the illumination from the LED is reduced. However some reflective stick on window tint on the inner surface helps to correct this problem.
That's a test of the left eye ( nothing in the right eye) using just a 3 volt button battery - it maybe a little brighter with a 9 V (and the appropriate resistor to prevent burn out).
Vision is OK but not great. With the LED off you can see adequately enough not to bump into things, there is a reduction in vision when the LED is on due to internal glare - but you really can only see in a well lit room, you are completely blind in a dark room. Total white out inside the helmet.
Hope this helps
You start with this:
You peel off the translucent layer and the diffuser is see through !
This allows you to simply mount them in the eye sockets of your helmet without having to fiddle around leaving a small slit at the base of the eye socket to see through. However the price you pay is that the illumination from the LED is reduced. However some reflective stick on window tint on the inner surface helps to correct this problem.
That's a test of the left eye ( nothing in the right eye) using just a 3 volt button battery - it maybe a little brighter with a 9 V (and the appropriate resistor to prevent burn out).
Vision is OK but not great. With the LED off you can see adequately enough not to bump into things, there is a reduction in vision when the LED is on due to internal glare - but you really can only see in a well lit room, you are completely blind in a dark room. Total white out inside the helmet.
Hope this helps
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