[My5ABaby]

Originally Posted by classicauto

You da man Rob!

Looks awesome. Practice up real good and then I'll send you mine

Nice job!

Thanks.

I'm considering doing some more since I'm getting faster/better at it, but if I do it's not going to be cheap. The LEDs are .30 to .40 each. I'm ~450 of them, wiring, resistors, boards, voltage regulators, etc.

The problem with S4 lights (something I'm working on remedying) is the plastic is diffused and that eats a lot of light, which influenced my design. I wanted the three rows, but including that many LEDs was part looks part necessity.

On the other hand, S5 lights would likely be easier and much cheaper to do. Unfortunately I don't have a set to play with and they're expensive to buy even a crappy set.

I'm also working on another design (applicable to both S4 and S5) that would be dramatically easier to make (I think, still in the planning phase), much cheaper, and put out a lot of light.

However, at this point most everything is on hold except my project. I just graduated and am working on getting a full-time job (as opposed to my current 20 hr week graduate assistantship). As such, funds are a bit tight.