Hi Everyone,
I did electronics in high school and thats about it. So i'm a complete novice. And any help is greatly appreciated.
I'm a memorial mason by trade but am looking in to new ideas for memorials. My main one being the use of light dependent slow blinking LED's (around 10-15 in number) which turn on at sundown to replicate stars, powered by a set of small solar panels attached to the top of the memorial. I'll drill straight through the granite to place the LED's in, and the PCB and wires I plan to run in to a watertight junction box out of sight at the back of the memorial. The issue I'm having is that I have very little knowledge of all the important stuff to get this working such as power required, correct solar panels, are there pre-built PCB's out there that I can use, I have seen some but they only have 1 led on them, could I possibly take that out and power them all from that 1 connection point. Would a light dependent resistor work and where would that go etc..
Any pointers on what I need to be looking for and/or calculations I need to do prior to buying the bits would be very much appreciated.
Thanks.
I did electronics in high school and thats about it. So i'm a complete novice. And any help is greatly appreciated.
I'm a memorial mason by trade but am looking in to new ideas for memorials. My main one being the use of light dependent slow blinking LED's (around 10-15 in number) which turn on at sundown to replicate stars, powered by a set of small solar panels attached to the top of the memorial. I'll drill straight through the granite to place the LED's in, and the PCB and wires I plan to run in to a watertight junction box out of sight at the back of the memorial. The issue I'm having is that I have very little knowledge of all the important stuff to get this working such as power required, correct solar panels, are there pre-built PCB's out there that I can use, I have seen some but they only have 1 led on them, could I possibly take that out and power them all from that 1 connection point. Would a light dependent resistor work and where would that go etc..
Any pointers on what I need to be looking for and/or calculations I need to do prior to buying the bits would be very much appreciated.
Thanks.