03-28-2009 06:01 AM
Hi there,
I am looking for some help; any comments or suggestions from your expertise would be highly regarded. I have no experience in programming except basic understanding of “C” language. When I looked at NI website, I got so excited that with such simple software I could finish off my high power LED lighting project.
I have 3 watt very high power LED bulbs and in total I have 120 which mean requiring 360 watts worth of power for the whole lighting fixture. I have bought 4 LED drivers each 100 watt. Now I am looking for a hardware which could be programmed in LabView to control all the dimming functions and send commands to all 4 LED drivers. I am using 30 x 3 watt LEDs = 90 watts x 4 section in total. Each section is equal 90 watts worth of LED and run from one 100 watt LED driver and process is repeated 4 times. Ideally, I want to send commands to individual LED driver which is running an individual section and then at the same time sending different command messages to other drivers. This means all four section have different commands to satisfy my needs.
I have seen one of the project done on water sprinkler by someone and is currently published that magazine I received by NI. Please would anyone suggest what kind of NI part I need then use LabView software to perform all dimming functions to the highest personal requirements?
Look forward to hear from your kind comments..
Tahir Iqbal
UK
03-31-2009 08:54 AM
Hi Tahir,
As i understand it all you are looking for is something to send four different signals to each of your four LED drivers.
But each LED driver requires a number of lines to control how each bank of LEDs behave.
Is this correct? if so can you give more details about the signals that need to be sent to the LED drivers.
regards
03-31-2009 05:52 PM
04-01-2009 07:48 AM
Hi Tahir,
What is the make and model of the LED driver you are using?
What other equiptment do you have that u will use in this project?
Many thanks