Tag Archives: LED

IKEA Sunnan – revisited

Posted on January 3, 2011 by robert

I’ve had my IKEA Sunnan since summer 2010. I put it into bright sunlight all the time. The only way I can make it light up full-blast is to dismantle it, charge the batteries externally and reassemble it again. IKEA … Continue reading →

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Ditching CF light bulbs — Are LED bulbs ready yet ?

Posted on December 31, 2010 by robert

The contestants: 5W LED, 7W LED (both Philips), 15W CFL (Megaman) The blister is just terrible to open… A real glass dome! Made in China, what else. Some info. There’s also a ‘cool white’ version out there. And another one … Continue reading →

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Succumbing to the XMAS-lights madness

Posted on December 1, 2010 by robert

“This time of the year” is approaching __again__. Where did all the time go? I remember having seen my neighbours’ light shows and illuminated windows as if it had been just yesterday. But this year I will fight back! I’ll … Continue reading →

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More light! — Prolly my LAST large perfboard prototype

Posted on November 23, 2010 by robert

I’m still alive — physically that is. Recently I felt the urge to do some soldering an I promptly succumbed to it. 3 days later I was done and totally fed up with having to solder using the “W-word”. The … Continue reading →

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Bad soldering day — A rip-off (literally)

Posted on July 8, 2010 by robert

Once in a while I sell one or two of the RGB LED RING boards. As not everybody feels comfortable with soldering SMD parts (and I’ve explicitly warned that it’s not that easy and that the RGB LEDs die easily) … Continue reading →

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