New guy here, Ive been lurking the forums off and on over the years. But im looking into finally buying LED components and making my own. Mostly for transportation use on a motorcycle or offroad for the FJ. Ive tried the search function, and looked at most of the relavent stickies and havent found a list of vendors for LED bits. Im afraid if I go on to Ebay, I'll get scammed for fake chinese knockoff LEDs. So could anyone point me twards some reputable vendors for parts? Also, is there an LED circuit building 101? Ive taken electrical engineering courses in college, so Ive got a decent bit on it. Couldnt help to read over specific applications and circuit building though. Thanks for your time.
Edited to add: More specifically im looking for singles and 3 up LEDs to play with before making something more permanent. Like these.
At the moment I have about nada except what was in my old electrical engineering class kit. Some various 3/5mm LEDs, tons of resistors, and some generic circuit building tools like a bread board, thin wires, etc.
As far as tooling goes, im set. Ive worked on stuff for years. I have a lathe, several saws, power tools, and hand tools. So im set there more than most. Its the components that im lacking and the practical knowledge if making it work vs a college education of theory and labs. Luckily, I catch on fast.
Ultimately Id like to end up working with Cree XM-L series LEDs. Price wise and experimentation from a beginner standpoint... I could see that being costly off the start so I'll be content with a cheaper brand and lower tech until then. Thats assuming LEDs go along with everything else in life.. brand name and new tech cost more.
This is what I have now and would ultimately like to build or upgrade. Or something pretty similar to it.
See Rule #3 Do not Hot Link images. Please host on an image site, Imageshack or similar and repost – Thanks Norm (Sorry about that, different forums, different rules. Moved the images to my photobucket. -Dan)
Edited to add: More specifically im looking for singles and 3 up LEDs to play with before making something more permanent. Like these.
At the moment I have about nada except what was in my old electrical engineering class kit. Some various 3/5mm LEDs, tons of resistors, and some generic circuit building tools like a bread board, thin wires, etc.
As far as tooling goes, im set. Ive worked on stuff for years. I have a lathe, several saws, power tools, and hand tools. So im set there more than most. Its the components that im lacking and the practical knowledge if making it work vs a college education of theory and labs. Luckily, I catch on fast.
Ultimately Id like to end up working with Cree XM-L series LEDs. Price wise and experimentation from a beginner standpoint... I could see that being costly off the start so I'll be content with a cheaper brand and lower tech until then. Thats assuming LEDs go along with everything else in life.. brand name and new tech cost more.
This is what I have now and would ultimately like to build or upgrade. Or something pretty similar to it.
See Rule #3 Do not Hot Link images. Please host on an image site, Imageshack or similar and repost – Thanks Norm (Sorry about that, different forums, different rules. Moved the images to my photobucket. -Dan)
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