Phil’s Basement Pt. 1

We powered the Lamina Atlas light engines for the first time on the 19th. We had one warm white and one daylight white light engine.

We concluded that one light engine is NOT bright enough, while two SHOULD be sufficient. There wasn’t a real discernible difference in the color of the projected light, but you can see the difference on the light engine itself – especially when it was powered on 5v. The daylight white is also much brighter than the warm white. The light engines produced an unforeseen amount of heat that melted the electrical tape in one test, which also caused the LED to turn blue!!! (because the LED was inverted and lost contact with the heatsink)

Soldering onto the Atlas Light EngineWarm white at 5vWarm white at 12v (7.5v after resistor)Both Warm and Daylight White on 5v

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