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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: OT: IR LED source
From: "Yan Seiner" <>
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:55:23 -0000
--- In  Jason Stahls <> wrote:
>
>  wrote:
> > I don't know what you're camera app is, but you could possibly switch 
> > the LED's so they are only on when
> > the camera is actually making a picture. If this is the case, you 
> > could significantly increase the power to the LED's since the duty 
> > cycle is reduced.

I can't really do that... Unfortunately, the camera is run by motion,
which takes about 5 fps until motion is detected and then 12 fps. 
There is no output on the camera to allow syncing the light to the camera.

> 
> Along these lines you can also PWM the LEDs such that their on current 
> is a couple amps.  This should make them much brighter.
> 

Interesting....

I've found this...  

<http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4669>

Except for the total lack of specs, it looks promising.  It's cheap
enough to try experimenting....

--Yan



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