Hacking poundland 2 for a pound solar garden lights.
As if getting a solar cell, rechargeable cell, control circuit with booster and an LED for a pound wasn't enough,…
Inside a 100w led floodlight.
I saw this on ebay. I bid on it, won it and took it to bits. The case is surprisingly…
Teardown of an impulse sealer.
An impulse sealer is a device that heat-seals plastic bags closed. You place the bag across a heater zone and…
Random chinese electronic clock assembly kit type thing.
I added this kit to an order for fun. It was vaguely described as being a kit for making a…
Inside a 24w led lamp.
I like the chunkiness of these lights and the large internal heatsink. So I bought one to test and take…
Industry standard 44mm diameter panels in led lamps.
Someone asked if my MR16 superflux PCBs would fit into the integrated downlight unit, and the answer is yes. They…
126 led hydroponic death lamp.
This fairly common red/blue grow lamp has a rather pleasing array of 126 LEDs arranged as 90 red with a…
Teardown of a fully integrated led downlight.
I'm not so sure it's a good idea having a downlight where you can't change the lamp without fiddling with…
Photoetching pcbs with silkscreen inkjet transparency material.
I didn't realise this material existed up until now. The silkscreen industry uses the same photo transfer techniques as the…
Sound activated lamp that actually works quite well.
Those of you who have been around as long as I have will shudder at the mere mention of "clap…