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HOW TO - Make a DIY LED Mood lamp

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Toon writes - "After making my pyramid mood light with 12 high power leds, i decided to make a bigger and better version, without the emphasis on the low budget.. After all, the pyramid mood lamp was more of a proof of concept with its shortcomings. I wanted the new mood lamp to be more powerful, so it could also be used in daylight conditions. I did this by using a z-power 3 watt RGB power led. This one led is far more powerful than the 12 ones combined i used before. The colors also mix better because of the wider opening angle and because the rgb chips lay very close together." [via] - Link.
Related:

Make a mood light with RGB LEDs - Link.
HOW TO - Make a RGB mood lamp - Link.

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Posted by: MrH on September 6, 2006 at 11:53 AM

If you live in the UK (and I suppose in most other countries or via Ebay) Rapidonline.co.uk sell rainbow LEds a colour changing LED (Only needs 3 volts nothing else) for £0.56p.

Not so bright but 3 or 4 in a suitable container (i used a plastic glass we happened to have) works wonders - No electrical experience needed. Project details will be posted. [:)]

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Posted by: MrH on September 7, 2006 at 1:37 PM

Instructable for cheap mood light here - have fun.

http://www.instructables.com/id/E7T5DWKOJ3ERIE2V2P/

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Posted by: el_wombato on September 7, 2006 at 11:33 PM

*cough*

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Posted by: Oracle1729 on September 9, 2006 at 9:21 PM

Notice that the article uses a 3 watt RGB LED. They sell on ebay for around $10.

The 56p LED you're talking about is around 0.1 watt and gives off about 1% of the light.

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Posted by: Stever on September 29, 2009 at 5:57 AM

Bug fixes

The original design had some problems with component values and software glitches. I have fixed these issues and released a complete set of files at the following location:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yb2abbcnb3o

Steve R

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Posted by: Steve on October 19, 2009 at 3:40 AM

Bug Fixes

A full set of fixed files is now available here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=86bb7a8587014e0ed1014a7a667fa2b4e04e75f6e8ebb871

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