Cheap LED Photo/Work Light Panel Under 20$! || DIY lighting
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- Опубликовано: 14 фев 2016
- How I made my cheap photography light and work light LED panel!
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PARTS USED:
Cold white LED strips (about 15m): goo.gl/SmE8bi
Arduino Nano: goo.gl/6plPSl
Voltage step down: goo.gl/ISlIJ3
A lamp stand
Mosfet and potentiometer
Black spraypaint for vanity ;)
I needed better lighting for my filming and project work. 15 meters of LED and an adjustable tripod makes for a great starting point. The end result of the work light was truly worth the money. Since it's a DIY, I wanted to show you how to do it, and how a LED lamp can be built inexpensively and efficiently. This photography light is dimmable, and made using arduino, mosfets, a voltage step down, and potentiometer! If you're not too comfortable with electronics, and just want a cheap lamp for photography, you can just skip the dimming part.
The most important part is the smooth, white lighting that the LEDs will provide. For a better result I would definitly recommend going for some more expensive LEd-strips which provide a higher CRI and hence a better and more natural light will emit from the LED panel. If the lighting is too bright for your photography and you don't have a dimmer, you can use aluminium foil around some cardboard to create a reflector! Be creative!
Thanks for watching!
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Currently sick and decided watching all the NerdForge vids I’ve never seen is the best cure… I love this 😂❤
I'm doing the same thing lol
Using pulse width modulation to control the LED brightness will have flickering effect that cameras can capture, you will be better off dimming by controlling voltage going through the LED using a potentiometer with a DC-DC buck converter.
Thanks!
oh my god dude I have been trying to think for ages of a way to mount my new DIY led light. I made one just like yours but without the dimmer but tried several ways to mount it to one of my video light stands and they all failed. i have two unused work lamps like the ones in your video so will put them to use! Legend bro thanks!
Pretty cool DIY
I guessing you may have or will get some criticism for how you completed this project. Ignore them. I think it's awesome anytime I see anyone of a younger generation showing the interest to do something innovative and DIY. So what if you had a bit too much glue or it didn't hold well when you began soldering; you had to start someplace and learn somehow. Good video, kiddo and I'll have to check out some of your more recent videos to see how much improved your English is compared to when this video was made (based on one of the comments below). Only because I'm curious. Again, kudos. Have an awesome life. Signing off, an old fart in Dallas, TX (USA) 🤣😉😏
These videos are GREAT guys!
How this vid has 42k views, beats me...!
It's the rustic charm of your projects, they look like anyone else can do the same (as they can)
Other people make their projects way too pretty and it demotivates people from trying the same :)
cuz its awesome bro.
awesome!
Solid work, dude.
+Edgar Sanchez Thanks man!
Ok I'm dying 😂 the hair do is quite unexpected when you've only watched the newer videos so far 🤣🤣🤣
Awesom build!
+Godonskis2 thanks a lot man! We've got some cool projects coming up as well ;)
I like the idea of the dimmer, but let me please just ask you a question. If I choose not to go with dimmer part and want only the LED panel, will the LED lamps perform with their extreme light or I have to install the dimmer switch to turn them to their maximum ?
Thank you for the video! I'm watching this one for the Wood Box Light. I do have a question about changing LED stirp if one burned out. How would you proceed to do it? Just take out the strip I assume and soldering in a new one?
Love it^^
I using same led smd 5050 with led dimmer dc 12v, dimmer for led single light only 1 bucks (2A max for small room enough) and for medium room with more protection (10A max)
Adaptor DC 12v 2-5A
Total cost $6-7
Or (if your eyes sensitive with that smd 5050 light)
use EL light its more soft but very bright, but remember using AC dimmer for home (not for DC / Led) just about $2
El Light for “circle” build is perfect because very elastic and durable (pros. ++price than 3258 / 5050 smd)
Need inverter if you wanna using DC 12v, about $1-$2
Total cost $10
Hopefully build back in 2019😍
Can you guide us in DIY Rotolight NEO 2 style (round )and as powerful as Rotolight Neo 2 but only on continous mode not in flash mode.
awesome video
Excellent
Worth noting that you don't need the step down board- you can run the arduino from a 12v supply to the vin pin of the arduino
+Benjamin Boxler That's true! However, if you short anythig on 12 volts, the board is instantly fried. I am no electrical engineer, so I like to play it safe :)
nice project, thx
Lmao "time to find out if this is any good" so good
im way too stoned for this
Marlon Begue no lie
Hey, nice video! :-) Out of curiosity, do you know how many lumens?
Nice project, though the resulting light looks kind of green. Have you considered using RGB LEDs?
I'm here binging from the start just for kicks.
Do you have any tips to handle the flicker from PWM to prevent issues with video?
Maybe I overlook something fundamental here but do you even need an arduino? Couldn't you put the LED-strip on 12v put a potentiometer and a switch (to turn it on and off) in series and it could do the same things? Obviously you could do much more with the Arduino as a controller but do you really need it?
Dont need it at all. Actually without is more convenient, as it can be used for filming. This was one of my first Arduino projects :)
so you're using the arduino for producing PWM signals?
You should use high cri LEDs and a high Frequency PWM dimmer, so you don't have problems with flickering. PS: Where did you find an an Arduino for 1$?
For a higher quality light, that is definitly true, but then again it would increase the cost slightly. Good question, Arduino Nano on AliExpress can be 1-2 dollars, depending on the amount you buy! :)
How is the dimmer circuit done?
hi, what kind of leds do you use, and where can I get them?
also where can I get the other stuffs, like circuit board etc?
*From Norway*
Hey!
For the LED-strip:
goo.gl/gYKF6e
For other items, check the links under the latest video (Arduino Essentials). :)
Natural Nerd yes but you used much more than you have on your links.
any solution for the flickering cause of the dimmer¿¿
cant you use a smoothing diod in that baby dude?
Toaster strudel?
is your nano programmed
Thats' cool, but you can't build that for $20. Do you have links to where you bought the components?
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how many lumens?
which country are you from?
Maybe a little less glue gun, but good video
At the end i would create a BOMB!
did you take adumb during the inteo? wtf
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hello hansi
nice to meet u hansi
It is not very beautiful but you are very good in electronics
Too much to do to get the results, but well done,
Arduino code ?
www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/PWM
Are you German?
2% of us will actually try to do it 98% will buy a light at the store. I'm from that 98% cuz it fucking hard to do this ! not mike guyver !
Hey, you don't need to be McGyver to do this - I definitly am not ;)
dude... you don't know me hahaha I will never be able to do this.. well i'll try maybe :) but I have like 0 tools I have to see my father to borrow some stuffs ^^ Keep the work done man nice job going on on your YT chanel ;)
That's the same way I acquire many of my tools ;) Thank you!
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I say it thousand times 'DON'T SOLDER ARDUINO DIRECTLY TO PCB. USE FEMALE & MALE HEADERS FOR IT'.
If you have to solder headers on, why can't you solder wires on? Just your preference....
Glue Gun channel :D lol
Todo iba bien, hasta que dijo: Arduino.
lol 2016 vs 2017
Like a robot