Drewfus2101
Enlightened
The deeper that I get into the flashlight craze, the more I realize that I need some equipment to really do any good analysis.
So what kind of setups do you guys have for testing light/emmiters/boards/batteries?
During the christmas break, I plan on trying to build a setup that will let me secure a flashlight at 1 meter distance from a lux meter. That way its more accurate and repeatable than just measuring the distance from the wall with the lux meter nailed up there. I'm also going to make sure the light can turn side to side and get mesurements for ever 5 degrees and then graph it all. That way you get a complete graph view out output intensity.
I also am planning on making a star test bed with the lux meter. I'm tired of feeling like the stars I receive are not as bright as they should be. I plan on driving it off of a few D batteries and a board that limits the current ~800ma and sealing the star to a reflector and the other end of the reflector to the lux meter. That way it is very repeatable, but not necessarily comparable to other peoples info.
Post up your test equipment, it might give me better ideas or help out others trying to do the same thing.
So what kind of setups do you guys have for testing light/emmiters/boards/batteries?
During the christmas break, I plan on trying to build a setup that will let me secure a flashlight at 1 meter distance from a lux meter. That way its more accurate and repeatable than just measuring the distance from the wall with the lux meter nailed up there. I'm also going to make sure the light can turn side to side and get mesurements for ever 5 degrees and then graph it all. That way you get a complete graph view out output intensity.
I also am planning on making a star test bed with the lux meter. I'm tired of feeling like the stars I receive are not as bright as they should be. I plan on driving it off of a few D batteries and a board that limits the current ~800ma and sealing the star to a reflector and the other end of the reflector to the lux meter. That way it is very repeatable, but not necessarily comparable to other peoples info.
Post up your test equipment, it might give me better ideas or help out others trying to do the same thing.
