Questions tagged [lighting]
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Why is a replaced bulb in this strand of Christmas lights dimmer than the original?
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask or not but I had an electrical question. If you have a strand of mini-lights that are 2.5 V 0.25 watt on a 300 watt strand, it's normally broken into ...
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Is Fade time related to Color transition? [closed]
In DALI, I first store the transition time in DTR0, and then I send the Fade Time command (0x2E). In this case, fading works as expected.
If the transition time is less than 1 second, the color ...
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What does the "auxiliary independent lights" symbol mean?
I found this marking on a led power supply, together with the usual class II, WEEE and similar symbols:
The only thing I found is the name "auxiliary independent lights", which really doesn'...
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Is there STOP command in DALI?
I want to implement a fade rate control for a DALI light. When I press and hold a button, we are getting "Move Up" or "Move Down" information with a specific fade rate. However, i ...
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3-port Ethernet switch IC with power-off passthrough?
In the lighting industry, there are some daisy-chainable Ethernet devices (fixtures), that offer the feature of passing through the Ethernet connection even when the device is not powered on (Robe ...
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Is this DIY hazard light circuit safe?
I'm fairly new to electronics, though I have a basic understanding of simple circuits. I'm trying to hook up a hazard light switch with a relay on my motorcycle (12V system) as a DIY project. The ...
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Another flyback converter or a buck converter if i already have a recitified 220VAC to 100VDC line
I have recently started a project for lighting my garden. For I have decided to use 100 VDC and will be bucked for each led strip (there will be several led strips rather than a single led strip for ...
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Submersible water level sensor vs. lightning
I plan to drop a 4-20mA hydro-static pressure sensor into a well to measure water levels.
What is the best way to protect the sensor against surges, namely distant lightning?
Why I'm asking? I've ...
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Need a simple circuit to do threshold tests against a 220V circuit being varied by phase-cut lighting dimmer
I am looking for a way to test to see if a phase cut dimmer on a 220V AC circuit is set to over a certain approximate percentage of full power, and use the output of that test to trigger a relay ...
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Powering 12V LED bulbs with USB-C?
I'm working on a lighting project, and trying to scope out different power source options. I want to use a 12V LED lighting source, preferably one that could be easily replaced as to extend the life ...
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How to detect the collisions in DALI response data while addressing the DALI drivers
We are using STM32F765 as DALI master and trying to address a few DALI drivers. We are experimenting with different wiring methods to connect the DALI drivers to the master, such as bus and star ...
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DALI addressing
I am using the DALI system in which I use the broadcast method. Now I want to work on individual addressing. I want to know how to start.
In the broadcast method which I am using now, I am using one ...
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Lightning Protection for RF (L-Band or higher)
I want to protect an antenna port operating in the L-Band frequency range from lightning. I cannot use ready-made RF surge protector connectors. Instead, I was thinking of placing a GDT at the port ...
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Is there a need for a surge protection device in this panel?
This is the drawing of a panel that would be installed in a CNC workshop on the basement floor within an industrial facility with a busbar system. this panel will be used for energizing LED lighting ...
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DALI DT-8 xy implementation
I have x and y values. I want to send that value to the DALI driver.
I got this image of commands from this answer.
As shown in the image command 224 is used for set temporary x-coordinate and 225 is ...