Hey, so I am a total newbie with wiring in any form, and I decided to take upon this project of upgrading my LED hula hoop. It has turned into completely rewiring the thing. When it comes to putting the circuitry safely in the hoop I don't have a problem, but I do need some help double-checking what I'm going to do when my LEDs arrive.
I used this: http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz to help me out. My specs in that order are:
(I did find one type of LED that matched the types in the hoop already, and it listed 3.0-3.6v forward voltage. I made sure all the LEDs I ordered matched this.)
So far I hope I am doing everything correctly!
Anyway, here is my current schematic for when all my parts get delivered. I hope that it makes sense- I am a very visual person and text schematics are hard for me to understand.
This example only uses 10 LEDs but, being repetitive again, I hope to use around 100. The battery is removable and rechargeable. (I got 3000 mAh because when using that calculator it says "the array draws current of 2000 mA from the source." and I am hoping to keep it going without a recharge for at least 45 minutes (if I read everything correctly it should go for at least an hour on this battery if not 1 1/2 hours)
My question is, are my resistors placed properly? I've been searching a lot but a lot of the threads I come across use terminology I can't seem to compute. I need stuff like this explained to me like I'm 12, unfortunately.
I'm using this tutorial mixed with a LOT of googling: http://prodmod.com/make/ledhulahoop/
Hopefully that will give some insight into how I'm wiring this. I don't quite have the parts yet (except for the original wiring) so I can't take pictures of resistors or anything.
The connection I'm using will be much simpler, there will not be a switch, just a push button to uncollapse the hoop, slip the battery in, close the hoop and it will light up (which is what it did before I took it apart)
I hope this all makes sense, I'm sorry for the wall of text. I just am afraid I'm going to end up shorting everything out or making something catch on fire, lol. I didn't need to explain that much I guess I just need someone to double check my wiring.
I used this: http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz to help me out. My specs in that order are:
- 3.7
- 3.3
- 20
(I did find one type of LED that matched the types in the hoop already, and it listed 3.0-3.6v forward voltage. I made sure all the LEDs I ordered matched this.)
So far I hope I am doing everything correctly!
Anyway, here is my current schematic for when all my parts get delivered. I hope that it makes sense- I am a very visual person and text schematics are hard for me to understand.
This example only uses 10 LEDs but, being repetitive again, I hope to use around 100. The battery is removable and rechargeable. (I got 3000 mAh because when using that calculator it says "the array draws current of 2000 mA from the source." and I am hoping to keep it going without a recharge for at least 45 minutes (if I read everything correctly it should go for at least an hour on this battery if not 1 1/2 hours)
My question is, are my resistors placed properly? I've been searching a lot but a lot of the threads I come across use terminology I can't seem to compute. I need stuff like this explained to me like I'm 12, unfortunately.
I'm using this tutorial mixed with a LOT of googling: http://prodmod.com/make/ledhulahoop/
Hopefully that will give some insight into how I'm wiring this. I don't quite have the parts yet (except for the original wiring) so I can't take pictures of resistors or anything.
The connection I'm using will be much simpler, there will not be a switch, just a push button to uncollapse the hoop, slip the battery in, close the hoop and it will light up (which is what it did before I took it apart)
I hope this all makes sense, I'm sorry for the wall of text. I just am afraid I'm going to end up shorting everything out or making something catch on fire, lol. I didn't need to explain that much I guess I just need someone to double check my wiring.