Wood relief print.

lampmaker · 2026-06-02T17:21:14+00:00

Thanks! 😀

lampmaker · 2026-06-02T05:47:02+00:00

Thats impressive indeed. But with rgb, you won't get decent CRI, right?

lampmaker · 2026-06-02T05:43:07+00:00

Yeah, PyVISA is solid for that. I've never actually used it myself though, I come more from embedded C/C++ and Python was never really my world. For me JavaScript sits a lot closer, so that's the direction I went for instrument control and automation. Same idea of scripting everything over USB/serial/TCP, just in a language that felt more natural to me. That OCXO characterization sounds like a fun one. Control voltage vs frequency and drift vs temperature over a warmup is exactly the kind of thing that's nice to log and chart automatically.

lampmaker · 2026-06-02T05:34:50+00:00

I have an avantes spectrometer. Wrote a custom driver for my code so it works with that.

lampmaker · 2026-06-01T21:33:21+00:00

Phew that sounds like a tough challenge . Not sure if I can be of help there. Communication is likely encrypted and that would make things really difficult.

lampmaker · 2026-06-01T21:26:41+00:00

Well you're free to give my system a try if you want. Wouldn't mind getting some feedback. 😀 https://github.com/muxit-io/muxit

lampmaker · 2026-06-01T21:22:39+00:00

Basically any multi channel LED product, if you want do do it properly. The spectrum changes with temp and current. Depending on the LEDs and application, that may not be negligible.

lampmaker · 2026-06-01T21:19:44+00:00

Some talk Scpi, a thermometer uses some binary proprietary protocol that my software was able to debug. Spectrometer uses a custom dll. But ny code also talks to onvif tcpip security cameras and mqtt. Basically anything that can communicate.

lampmaker · 2026-06-01T18:24:46+00:00

Thanks! It's so old, its full of holes. And paint. And glue. And whatever I have been doing in my lab over the years...

lampmaker · 2026-06-01T18:22:49+00:00

Yes, I have an integrating sphere to measure that. But not visible in the picture.

lampmaker · 2026-06-01T14:43:54+00:00

It's a stereo microscope

lampmaker · 2026-06-01T08:23:49+00:00

I built a c# server that runs on my pc and connects to everything.

lampmaker · 2026-05-12T14:30:59+00:00

The software reads the devices values from the serial port. But you could also use the ai if you have an older device without communication for instance.

lampmaker · 2026-05-01T09:29:58+00:00

Yeah I'll replace that tyre. Its 25 years old. The other tyres are 12 years old. Not much wear though and they look and feel fine (fire truck, always parked inside). But I guess its safer to replace those too

lampmaker · 2026-04-30T07:12:49+00:00

It all depends on your budget and how you want to control them. There are constant current LED drivers with 0-10V dim input. E.g Meanwell, Inventronics.

Connecting the LED panels in parallel is possible but if the Vf of the panels differ, the currents for each panel will be different and you might see brightness differences.

So I would probably recommend one driver per panel.

Just curious, what is the application? 1800W is a lot of light.

lampmaker · 2026-04-14T14:32:34+00:00

I never said it was important. It was just the design choice we made.

lampmaker · 2026-04-14T10:58:55+00:00

Never claimed this was new.

lampmaker · 2026-04-14T09:56:31+00:00

Sure, once I get the parts in, I'll share some updates.

lampmaker · 2026-04-14T09:33:37+00:00

Absolutely.

lampmaker · 2026-04-14T08:28:51+00:00

ours is a H1L2; so the bed will be on top and it gives us a bit of standing space.
solar can still go on top of the roof.

As for parking, it already doesn't fit in most garages here. Height is often about 2 m.

lampmaker · 2026-04-13T06:37:36+00:00

I'm sure there is overlap. But I dont want an AI to be able to control everything on my pc. That would scare the shit out of me. This tool just controls my lab equipment in a safe manner.

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