Build a lasercut lamp and its circuit – SCOPES-DF
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Lesson Details

Subjects *
Engineering, Technology
Age Ranges *
All ages,
Fab Tools *
Laser Cutter, Soldering Irons & Accessories,
Author
Selena Pere

Author

Selena Pere

Summary

Learn the basics of electricity by building your led circuit.

Use the laser cutter and vectorized images or text to customize your lamp parts.

What You'll Need

 

 

For one lamp :

 

  • Laser cut lamp parts or cnc-ed parts
  • Soldered LED band
  • Black and red wires
  • Connection lugs
  • Soldering Iron
  • USB cable
  • Heat shrink tubes

 

Lesson Materials

The Instructions

Soldering the LED bands

Use a third-arm to place the LED band, solder the black and red wires according to the polarity. Red goes for VCC, black goes with ground.

 

Solder the wires on your LED bands according to the polarity.

Reunite black and red wires

 

Reunite the black wires together, as well as the red ones.

Place connection lugs

 

Place the connection lugs to the wires, on the LED, and on the USB cable, using the adapted pliers :

 

Place heat shrink tubes

 

Place heat shrink tubes on the cables, like on the picture above.

 

Connect the wires together, respect the color code, and test your circuit by pluging the USB in a computer.

 

If it works, use a heat gun to shrink the tubes :