Questions tagged [brightness]
Brightness is an attribute of visual perception
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Brightness of LEDs
I am currently in the design phase of building a digital clock (about 2ft by 4ft in size.) It should be fairly visible from a considerable distance (about 100 ft) and visible during the day.
I am ...
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Lowering LED Strip Brightness
I have this LED strip that came with a fishtank but the brightness is overwhelming, the fish find it distressing. Given that I'm not particularly skilled in electronics, is there anything I can do to ...
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Adding luminous intensities (cd)
How do I calculate the Luminous Intensity (cd) of multiple LEDs spread across a 1.5m2 internally illuminated sign element?
I have done this by treating it as a point source and adding each led ...
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How best to lower LED garden light intensity
We have a house with an outdoor staircase lit by warm white LED strip lights. However, the lights are "too bright" and we want to lower the intensity of the LED lights. On another loop of the garden ...
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LED Brightness or Luminance is additive or not?
Let us say I have an LED whose brightness or luminance value is 50 Cd/m2.
If I lit 10 same type of LEDs with same conditions of current and voltage then will the brightness of these 10 LEDs will add ...
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TFT RGB LCD construction and
I am trying to understand the construction of an RGB TFT LCD that has brightness control in it.
I could not understand how does the TFT color LCD pixels glow? Does each of the pixel has its own light ...
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Effect of changing PWM frequency of a light source on perceived brightness
First and foremost, I'm not entirely sure if this is the proper place to post this question, so I apologize if there's a better section for this.
I am looking to determine the effect of changing the ...
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The 7-segment LED display is too dark when connect to a auto dimming circuit
I'm using the below circuit to build a auto dimming circuit. I was fine when I only use one 7-segment led, but when I connect more 7-segment led (parallel to L1) the light intensity is very low. How ...
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Microbit - Control an LED that is powered externally
this may be a bit of a noob question but I am trying to make a motion activated light with my Microbit. I have a 1W superbright LED and its clear the Microbit won't supply the current needed for this ...
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Simple LED fade circuit
I've been looking for a simple LED fade in/fade out circuit when power is turned on/off for a 12 V LED. I have tried the following circuits but the problem is that I can't reach the full brightness of ...
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Using latching Hall sensor to toggle a LED - brightness issue
I'm using a U18 latching Hall sensor (datasheet) to toggle a LED. I'm driving it off a 6V L1016 battery.
My issue is that the LED is very dim.
My understanding is that the U18 limits the output ...
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Keeping your LED cool with PWM
SO I need to use some 1W and 3W leds for the brightnes, but my application will not allow the start heat sink. I have come across a few articles talking about using PWM to drive LEDs Does pulsing an ...
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Undesirable ramping in LED intensity
First time posting on this, so apologies if I mess anything up. I'm having an issue with my circuit that I'm having difficulty figuring out. I am using a TIP120 transistor to turn an LED on/off. The ...
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How to compare brightness of different color LEDs (not RGB)?
I wonder - let's assume one would build some user interface using green, yellow and red or just any other available colored LED (not RGB LED) - what would be the proper (aka best) way to compare the ...
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How significant is 16bit in 16bit PWM resolution? [closed]
Is there any significance other than the granularity of duty cycle levels?. I'm working on an led driver where the light output levels should be very smooth while dimming. There will be 254 levels of ...
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LED perceptive intensity by Color
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I have a panel with light indicators (LED) in RED,GREEN and YELLOW. Since the eye have different sensitivity to different colors, some colors must be brighter than others to be percepted as ...
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The brightness of light bulbs in this circuit
What will happen to the brightness of bulb A and bulb B in the circuit shown in the figure when we move the wiper of the rheostat from point x to point y?
When the wiper moves from point x to point y ...
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The brightness of the bulb
I came across this question in my book, it says:
This circuit has three identical bulbs, what will happen to the brightness of the bulb (B), when we close the key (S). (Consider that the internal ...
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How can I calculate the current through an LED? [duplicate]
I am trying to find out if increasing current increases the brightness of an LED.
I'm pretty sure this is the case now that I have looked into semiconductor band theory physics and p-n junctions.
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Keep individual LED brightness steady when other LEDs are added or removed
I'd like to use several LEDs on a project, with brightness control (it's a scale model of a street with houses, with LEDs of different brightness in each house, which I've been working on with my son)....
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How Is Intensity of Blue Light Measured?
As a hobby project and to help solve issues getting up early in the morning (specially given that it's winter and the sun isn't up until long after I am) I'm trying to find a bright blue light that I ...
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How to build a light sensor for PWM dimmed light (for comparison against CC dimmed light)?
I am working on a project in which I need to find a PWM duty cycle to dim an LED to the same brightness level as an LED being dimmed with CCR. Initially, I was considering using a camera for this: I ...
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How to create an output for LED brightness control using PWM in PIC
A PIC is multiplexing multiple common anode 7-segment displays.
An LED driver is being used so PIC does not have to source/sink a lot of current.
To help with multiplexing, each 7-segment display ...
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Matching LED brightness from different supply voltages
In an earlier project, I used an LED to indicate power (this 12V model). The PSU delivered +15V. I adjusted brightness with a 5k series resistor. According to the datasheet, this particular white LED ...
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How can I decrease the brightness of these BA-15 LED bulbs
I'm looking at these LED replacement bulbs for the interior of my sweet conversion van. I'm looking for a more efficient alternative to the BA15 bulbs that are in there already. These bulbs appear to ...
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10x10 RGB LED Matrix Multiplexing with Shiftregisters Bit Angle Modulation
I've build a 10x10 RGB LED Matrix. The LED's are connectet in rows and colums. Thats 40 pins (30 for RGB, 10 for GND). I got myself 5 74CH595 IC's and solderd everything together. I also added a 1A ...
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Circuit to create X levels of brightness for a LED
If I'm here today, it's because I need some help for something that is, I think, easy for you. I am quite a newbie in EE but I am trying to improve myself :).
Here is the thing, I'll try to be as ...
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Dimmer effect (fade) on 12v LED using transistor and Arduino
I am working on a project on which I want to control the brightness of a 12v LED using a transistor and an Arduino board. So far I have used the 2N3906 resistor connecting the collector to the 12v ...
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Adding a dimming knob to a step up power supply
I am a ME student with little EE knowledge, and I currently have a setup which includes a 12V SLA battery, a 100W LED chip and a constant-current constant-voltage step up converter. The board can be ...
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Measuring display brightness decay
Our device is specified to have a display brightness of 500 cd/m² and it must not decay to less than 50% brightness in 50,000 hours. Now, I can't wait for 5.7 years for that test to finish.
I guess ...
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If LED's have different bin codes, how can I know what I am buying?
I will start by confessing I am a hobbyiest engineer (ie: still in school) and thus am open to allegations my concerns are not terribly important. However, I have this:
I was looking at page three ...
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How bright are the dimmest LEDs and what's their typical usage? [closed]
High power extremely bright LEDs are more and more popular in various lighting applications.
What about extremely dim low power LEDs? How bright are those and how are they typically used?
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Keep brightness high whilst multiplexing [SOLVED]
I have searched a little but I'm a noob to electronics so it was hard for me to understand. So here is my problem. I have made a little 3 x 3 led matrix to test. When powering 1 led it was fine, but ...
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shift register RGB led brightness
I'm currently using 74HC595 shift register to light leds. Recently I decided to start using RGB leds instead of simple 1-color leds. Which means that I now have to ...
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Does HDMI manage backlight?
I need to manage backlight on a 7 inches touch screen from Chalkboard Electronics that has a HDMI connector and a power jack only. I only need to power backlighting on and off. Can it be done through ...
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LED blinking with capacitor and schottky diode?
I saw one circuit which connected one 100uF capacitor and one schottky diode as mentioned in the below circuit diagram. It has a negative logic rectangular pulse at cathode of the LED, which is ...
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How to add lumens
I have n bulbs of luminosity k in fixture a. How many bulbs of luminosity l do I need in fixture b for the brightness of a to match the brightness of b?
Specifically, I'm wondering how many standard ...
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How does area and intensity relate to perceptive brigthness of a light source?
I want to design tail-lights for onboard use in vehicles (mostly bicycles), but I wonder how should I configure the system so as to get the best visual perception from a distance.
Each lighting ...
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Is there a simple way to diffuse the light of a “super bright” 5mm LED?
I want to put yellow leds inside the turning-signal cases used in motorcycles.
The problem is: since the case is not deep enough, when I look from far I can only see the focused, pin shaped LED ...
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How to calculate image brightness for use with LED panel
I am using a 64x64 RGB LED matrix for which I'm preparing some content.
The existing firmware reads RGB888 video files.
I'd like to analyse these files before uploading them, to make sure the overall ...
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Applications of PWM?
I know the application of PWM is controlling the brightness of led or DC motor speed, but I don't understand it, why when we change the duty cycle, it change the brightness or motor speed ? Can you ...
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What is a suitable candela for a status led?
What is a suitable candela value for a LED to have that doesn't blind you if you stare at it, and will still allow you to view silkscreen markings on the PCB but not to dim that you can see the ...
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LED strip brightness and its measurement - did I get ripped off?
I recently bought two 5m rolls of red and blue LEDs for building an hydroponic lettuce light. Each of them is supposed to have the following properties:
300 SMD 5050 LEDS
72 Watts
12 Volts
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Capturing brightness on IR Camera in daylight
I am wondering if an IR camera (or a camera with IR-cut) can capture the brightness of a retro reflective tape (high grade SOLAS) on screen in broad daylight. Since the main goal is to capture ...
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Will my 12V power supply ever burn these IR leds blinking at 38kHz even without a resistor?
I'm new to electronics, my background is mostly on the software development side... so go easy on me, as this might be a really stupid question. I just want to be sure what is safe to assume and what ...
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BJT switch vs amplifier mode
I'm getting really confused about a specific BJT circuit. I want to control LCD brightness and contrast as suggested here.
Apprently a capacitor is used to filter PWM output to the contrast pin, and ...
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LCD brightness and contrast control with PWM
Is it reasonable to control LCD brightness and contrast directly with the PWM pins of an Arduino, or would it be advisable to use a capacitor/filter to get a constant analog voltage?
I assume human ...
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EL wire brightness, per m not per m\$^2\$
The datasheets and catalog pages for commercial electroluminescent (EL) wire in hobby quantities, e.g., adafruit's, list brightness in candelas per square meter. That's ok for two-dimensional EL ...
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Brightness issues driving 10*11 SMD 5050 LEDs matrix
I'm working on driving a 10*11 LEDs matrix by a µC since a while, and I decided to come to you because I'm a bit surprised/annoyed by my results.
So, I first started with simple 5mm white LEDs ...
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Regulate brightness over video composite signal
I have a b/w camera that outputs a video composite signal. At night it works very well, but during the day it's so bright everything just turns white. Is it possible to add a potentiometer to be able ...
