Happy New Year to all.
I am looking at building a set of sequential taillamps for a classic car and want to make sure I do things right in terms of selection of components etc so I am going to take this in steps. I am going to start out with the reverse lights and I am replacing a single 1156 bulb with 3 sections of LEDs. They are approximately 1-1/8" x 3-3/4" per section.
Question 1: Would you use SMD, through hole or LED strips? My plan is to design a PCB on Kicad and have the board built once I have a working prototype. I am comfortable with building circuits and soldering so I am looking for some experience here on what components are best to use?
Question 2: Would you hook them up in series or parallel and why? I have seen arguments for both.
Question 3: What would you use for voltage regulation? I suspect it will range from 12.6 VDC to 14.4 VDC. 7812/diodes/zener diode????
Question 4: How many LEDs per section? He wants it brighter than original but I don't want to blind everyone.
@Wendy if you are around, can you chime in on this as I know you are really good at everything LED.
I am looking at building a set of sequential taillamps for a classic car and want to make sure I do things right in terms of selection of components etc so I am going to take this in steps. I am going to start out with the reverse lights and I am replacing a single 1156 bulb with 3 sections of LEDs. They are approximately 1-1/8" x 3-3/4" per section.
Question 1: Would you use SMD, through hole or LED strips? My plan is to design a PCB on Kicad and have the board built once I have a working prototype. I am comfortable with building circuits and soldering so I am looking for some experience here on what components are best to use?
Question 2: Would you hook them up in series or parallel and why? I have seen arguments for both.
Question 3: What would you use for voltage regulation? I suspect it will range from 12.6 VDC to 14.4 VDC. 7812/diodes/zener diode????
Question 4: How many LEDs per section? He wants it brighter than original but I don't want to blind everyone.
@Wendy if you are around, can you chime in on this as I know you are really good at everything LED.
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