Thread: Robot Lighting
View Single Post
  #5   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 04-30-2012, 05:37 PM
mikets's Avatar
mikets mikets is offline
Software Engineer
FRC #0492 (Titan Robotics)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: Bellevue, WA
Posts: 667
mikets is a glorious beacon of lightmikets is a glorious beacon of lightmikets is a glorious beacon of lightmikets is a glorious beacon of lightmikets is a glorious beacon of lightmikets is a glorious beacon of light
Re: Robot Lighting

Quote:
Originally Posted by Meshbeard View Post
Thank you for the information! Is electroluminescent wire at all feasible?
I am not familiar with the power interface of electroluminescent wire but it seems it is powered by high AC voltage (90-120V 1000Hz) so it needs a power controller. If you manage to interface 12V DC to this power controller, it may be feasible. Searching the Internet, it looks like they sell these with a power controller that can take AAA batteries. So in theory, you could DC-DC convert 12V to whatever battery voltage the power controller uses.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Meshbeard View Post
What is the benefit of using the solenoid module as opposed to the relay outputs on the digital sidecar?
Relay is mechanical, since we are trying to play with pulse width modulation on the RGB lights, relay has a limit of how fast you can turn the light on and off. BTW, in case you worry about whether the solenoid channel can power the LED lights, each solenoid channel can source up to 0.75A current, an LED light strip generally consumes about 100mA.
__________________

Last edited by mikets : 04-30-2012 at 05:53 PM.