LED suggestions for whistling birds?

[bryceelischer]

View attachment 207629So I’m printing out a gauntlet and wanted to put little led lights into the holes for the whistling birds. Hole diameter is roughly 2 mm. Any recommendations for led’s?

 

[MoeSizzlac]

Personally, I altered my gauntlet's holes for 3mm and put in these LED's: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077XCMW6J/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[bryceelischer]

Personally, I altered my gauntlet's holes for 3mm and put in these LED's: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077XCMW6J/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Ooh that looks clean, that’s just the look I’m going for. Thanks for the suggestion

 

[bryceelischer]

Personally, I altered my gauntlet's holes for 3mm and put in these LED's: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077XCMW6J/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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So this is the first time I’ve ever tried doing any led work and wiring, is there a resource you could recommend to find out how to wire it up?

 

[ob1korobi]

I am working on an idea with using small copper tubes protruding slightly with fiber optic wire slightly protruding from the tubes. There is a small controller in the guantlet with a battery pack. I didn’t incorporate it into my build but I plan on using it for my next one.

 

[MoeSizzlac]

So this is the first time I’ve ever tried doing any led work and wiring, is there a resource you could recommend to find out how to wire it up?

Just wire it up like this:

You should be fine with 2 aaa batteries making 3.2 volts. The longer leg of the LED is the positive (anode).

Make sure these 2 legs on the LED's don't touch or it will not work.

 

[SolarFett]

Here’s what I’m setting up so far...metal tubes with 1.0mm opening for 1.0mm fiber optic. Nothing is glued down yet, so the placement you see is not the final product.
The rig I have is the correct sequencing for the whistling bird power up, so the rows of lights will go on in a 1,2,3 sequence just like the show.
I’ll post more pics when I nail everything down and all the fiber optics set.

 

[SolarFett]

Finally finished my set-up today. Wish I could upload a video showing the LED power-up sequencing. Anyway, pretty happy with this. Learned a lot that I’ll put into use for my next attempt

 

[Pipes]

Finally finished my set-up today. Wish I could upload a video showing the LED power-up sequencing. Anyway, pretty happy with this. Learned a lot that I’ll put into use for my next attempt
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Finally finished my set-up today. Wish I could upload a video showing the LED power-up sequencing. Anyway, pretty happy with this. Learned a lot that I’ll put into use for my next attempt

Looks great. I’d be interested in knowing what you used and how you did it.

 

[andersok12]

Finally finished my set-up today. Wish I could upload a video showing the LED power-up sequencing. Anyway, pretty happy with this. Learned a lot that I’ll put into use for my next attempt
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Wow! Great job! What metal pieces did you end up finding that had 1mm holes for fiber optics? Did you end up using a servo for movement at all? Great job!!

 

[ob1korobi]

Nice work!

 

[Got2bfett]

That’s a HE// of set up, SolarFett. Wish I could see the power up vid too though...

 

[SolarFett]

Wow! Great job! What metal pieces did you end up finding that had 1mm holes for fiber optics? Did you end up using a servo for movement at all? Great job!!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01I1B8VYQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ALANI0DM8AOYG&psc=1

These guys did the trick...just had to remover the plastic part

 

[ChibiFox]

SolarFett what did you end up doing for the LED lights and controller? I'm getting mine together soon and wanted to do something similar to your setup.

 

[SolarFett]

SolarFett what did you end up doing for the LED lights and controller? I'm getting mine together soon and wanted to do something similar to your setup.

If you search whistling birds on Etsy theres a shop called ConcordiaArms - I bought a rig from him and modded it.

 

[ChibiFox]

Awesome thank you so much that makes it very easy

 

[MandoJosh]

If using blue leads, djbyou still have to use resistors?

 

[masterjedi322]

If using blue leads, djbyou still have to use resistors?

As a general rule of them, you should always use some current-limiting device, such as resistor, when powering an LED. Some LEDs have the resistor built into their assembly. Others do not, so just be aware of what you’re buying.

Sean

 

[thatdecade]

Search eBay for LEDs prewired with resistors. Just add a 9V battery clip and you are all set.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=blue+3mm+resistors

Edit: here are some more links.

• LED Series Resistor Calculator for best brightness, you gotta pick and wire up your own resistor. You can find the forward voltage and current on the LED datasheet. Target how bright you want the LED within the datasheet’s specification.
• 12v 3mm LED Blue Internal Resistor | eBay LED with an internal 1000 ohm resistor. Says 12V, but will run just fine with 9V. Not the brightest.
• 20mA LED Driver | eBay LED driver, good brightness without resistor math.

 

[mistressprime]

Finally finished my set-up today. Wish I could upload a video showing the LED power-up sequencing. Anyway, pretty happy with this. Learned a lot that I’ll put into use for my next attempt
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Came across this post as I was researching how to make my own lights. Do you have a youtube video on the process? If not definitely would love to see how its done. This looks amazing!