I am planning on making a new lighting system for my bike (well actually a velomobile, use google to find pictures).
I have made two lighting systems in the past but they were made using pre-made clusters of standard LEDs. The systems featured head lights, tail lights and turn signals. They used a series of switches mounted in a plastic box containing a basic circuit board with a 555 IC and a few other parts for the turn signals.
I am now planning a mark 3 lighting system, this will use luxeon and seoul LEDS and there will also be some underbody LEDS.
It is going to have six (yes six) drivers driving 12 LEDS, 4 Buckpucks and 2 konlux drivers.
A 1000ma buckpuck driving two Seoul P4 headlights with dimming pot and 4 degree lenses.
Another 1000ma buckpuck driving two more Seoul P4 headlights with dimming pot and 15 degree lenses.
A 700ma buckpuck for the rear light (red seoul P4), this will have a fixed resistor or maybe a trim pot across the dimmer terminals which will be disconnected by reed switches on the handlebars and magnets on the brake levers to brighten the light when braking.
A 350ma buckpuck driving 3 green 1w luxeon leds mounted in the floorpan to make a glow on the road.
Two 1400ma Konlux drivers for the turn signals (two Luxeon IIIs per side).
As before I intend of flashing the turn signals using a 555 IC (actually a 7555 which has same functionality but lower power) and a PNP transistor between the switch and the input on the driver.
I'm planning on powering this lot with an existing 14.8v Li-ion battery, this has built in protection but I would really like someway of seeing how much battery is remaining.
I have just ordered about £200 of components for this system (the buckpucks were most expensive part). I would just like to know if there are any problems in my plans or if I am likley to kill expensive components.
I have made two lighting systems in the past but they were made using pre-made clusters of standard LEDs. The systems featured head lights, tail lights and turn signals. They used a series of switches mounted in a plastic box containing a basic circuit board with a 555 IC and a few other parts for the turn signals.
I am now planning a mark 3 lighting system, this will use luxeon and seoul LEDS and there will also be some underbody LEDS.
It is going to have six (yes six) drivers driving 12 LEDS, 4 Buckpucks and 2 konlux drivers.
A 1000ma buckpuck driving two Seoul P4 headlights with dimming pot and 4 degree lenses.
Another 1000ma buckpuck driving two more Seoul P4 headlights with dimming pot and 15 degree lenses.
A 700ma buckpuck for the rear light (red seoul P4), this will have a fixed resistor or maybe a trim pot across the dimmer terminals which will be disconnected by reed switches on the handlebars and magnets on the brake levers to brighten the light when braking.
A 350ma buckpuck driving 3 green 1w luxeon leds mounted in the floorpan to make a glow on the road.
Two 1400ma Konlux drivers for the turn signals (two Luxeon IIIs per side).
As before I intend of flashing the turn signals using a 555 IC (actually a 7555 which has same functionality but lower power) and a PNP transistor between the switch and the input on the driver.
I'm planning on powering this lot with an existing 14.8v Li-ion battery, this has built in protection but I would really like someway of seeing how much battery is remaining.
I have just ordered about £200 of components for this system (the buckpucks were most expensive part). I would just like to know if there are any problems in my plans or if I am likley to kill expensive components.
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