What happened at your workbench today?

OK....
One for the camera nerds:
I am trying to get a photo of some railway lamps, which have LEDs in. Warm-white and Red. But the Smartie-Phone is picking up too much light and burning out. - There may be a problem that the sensor picks up infra-red, as well?
This is the result:
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Lamp to the right is illuminated red..
The only tweak I can find on the phone, is to go down to ISO 50. I did try altering the white balance, but that affected the background, not the lamps:
IMG_20260225_184520.jpg
Better, but still burning out the image a little.

Any ideas?

PhilP.
 
PhilP said:
OK....
One for the camera nerds:
I am trying to get a photo of some railway lamps, which have LEDs in. Warm-white and Red. But the Smartie-Phone is picking up too much light and burning out. - There may be a problem that the sensor picks up infra-red, as well?
This is the result:
View attachment 353614
Lamp to the right is illuminated red..
The only tweak I can find on the phone, is to go down to ISO 50. I did try altering the white balance, but that affected the background, not the lamps:
View attachment 353615
Better, but still burning out the image a little.

Any ideas?

PhilP.
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A (extra) resistor in series to dim the LEDs? Might need to be different values for each. I have two-color LEDs, red/warmwhite for the headlamps in my Eggliner. AI suggested an extra resistor in line with the red lead to dim it to more of a taillight brightness rather than a headlight brightness. Worked a treat.
 
Thanks..
It is not the brightness of the lamps which is the problem, it is trying to get a representative photo of what I am seeing..
I see a Warm-white and Red lamp-lenses, not the burnt out images posted.

PhilP.
 
Made some good progress on these catenary masts this week.
IMG_20260226_185828023_HDR.jpg
Next job will be soft soldering the insulators and short wires on, that will hold the catenary, support, earth and feed wires.
Then it will working out how to best (and cheaply) model the large gantries the RhB have at stations.
 
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grizzmo said:
Made some good progress on these catenary masts this week.
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Next job will be soft soldering the insulators and short wires on, that will hold the catenary, support, earth and feed wires.
Then it will working out how to best model the large gantries the RhB have at stations.
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Nice to see the bench a bit cluttered up. It's a bit like when I was working, when it was claimed that a tidy desk was the sign of a sick mind :giggle::giggle::giggle:

I can assure you that my mind was extremely healthy :D:D
 
PhilP said:
OK....
One for the camera nerds:
I am trying to get a photo of some railway lamps, which have LEDs in. Warm-white and Red. But the Smartie-Phone is picking up too much light and burning out. - There may be a problem that the sensor picks up infra-red, as well?
This is the result:
View attachment 353614
Lamp to the right is illuminated red..
The only tweak I can find on the phone, is to go down to ISO 50. I did try altering the white balance, but that affected the background, not the lamps:
View attachment 353615
Better, but still burning out the image a little.

Any ideas?

PhilP.
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Try a different camera? Either the newest smartphone you can access or a DSLR? They might get different results

Dan
 
After finding my Mtroniks Viper Loco controllers I dragged out a loco that had been languishing in a box for 7 years and I added new batteries and the motor controller.
I now have a small shunter that I will use in a scene on the layout.
I would love sound but there is just no room for it unless I can find one on a single chip with a board the size of a postage stamp.
Some pictures.

Meet "Vic"; named because it reminds me of Victorian era locos
It started as an LGB something and had been bashed to hell and back before it fell into my lap and I resurrected it.
The knuckle couplers are 3D printed LGB ones that have since been painted black, I am changing my whole fleet of wagons & locos over to them for consistency

Vic Oblique.JPGVic Rear.JPGVic Side 1.JPGVic Side.JPG

The Electronics

The Viper Loco10 Reciever and a battery in a side tank
Viper Loco 10.JPGVic Reciever.JPGVic Viper in backhead.JPGBatteries in boiler.JPG
Viper in the backhead Batteries in the boiler and a side tank
 
GAP said:
After finding my Mtroniks Viper Loco controllers I dragged out a loco that had been languishing in a box for 7 years and I added new batteries and the motor controller.
I now have a small shunter that I will use in a scene on the layout.
I would love sound but there is just no room for it unless I can find one on a single chip with a board the size of a postage stamp.
Some pictures.

Meet "Vic"; named because it reminds me of Victorian era locos
It started as an LGB something and had been bashed to hell and back before it fell into my lap and I resurrected it.
The knuckle couplers are 3D printed LGB ones that have since been painted black, I am changing my whole fleet of wagons & locos over to them for consistency

View attachment 353653View attachment 353654View attachment 353655View attachment 353656

The Electronics

The Viper Loco10 Reciever and a battery in a side tank
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Viper in the backhead Batteries in the boiler and a side tank
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I wonder if the latest smaller version of the My Loco Sound equivalent by Phil of this forum may be squeezed in somewhere perhaps in an extended coal bunker?
 
A little side project that's been awaiting dry weather to paint has been sprayed this week and whilst I ponder on goods shed door hinges/fixing, had a bit more work done.
20260227_124531.jpg
The cab is not fixed yet, as the interior needs fitting out and as happens, with all the bits I hadn't painted yet :rolleyes:
 
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