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Are you outside the United States and would like to give the FlexiDaisy Mounting Strip a try?
Feel free to reach out to us for a custom order. Flexible LED tape is used world wide with adhesive backing which can eventually fail and lead to falling LEDs.
Our mounting solution will get those lights back up where they belong for good.
Do you need help with an LED project?
Working on an interesting idea but you’re not sure how to bring together all the pieces?
Feel free to reach out to us using the Contact Us page or reach us directly at Derek.Matteson@FlexiDaisy.com
We’re always happy to help with any questions.
We can also put together any custom orders for your needs. Want a long run of LEDs or our patented FlexiDaisy mounting strip? We’re happy to put together a custom invoice for you.
After some investigation into Schmitt trigger circuits. I gave up on them. I couldn’t quite get the trigger point right due to the battery voltage dropping and changing the point at which the trigger trip. So I switched over to using light levels as the trigger for the solar fountain pump. I found a great guide over at http://pcbheaven.com/circuitpages/Automated_Light_Switch/
The Pcbheaven guy was working on turning on LED’s to act as a back light at night, but I am looking to do the opposite. So I had to make some minor changes to his circuit. The opamp with hysteresis resistor will help to make sure that the fountain will stay on if a cloud goes by and the light level only dims partly. Check out PcbHeaven if you want to learn more about hysteresis their explanation video is very good.
Pink – I switched the first voltage divider order to change the circuit from coming on when it’s dark to coming on when it’s sunny.
Blue – I changed the output from the transistor to the fountain pump. In the final design from the video I actually put LED 1 back into the circuit so that I would have an indicator light to show when the pump was on. That way I’d be able to keep an eye on it to make sure it wasn’t running at night.
If you are paying close attention you might notice that my TinkerCad picture has the LED on the collector side of the transistor. I was told for a high current draw like a motor this is where it should be in the circuit. I attempted to run it like this and it worked with the LED, but it would not work with my fountain pump, so I had to change the circuit to have the motor on the emitter side of the transistor. Not sure why it behaved that way, but it works so I’m happy enough.
I’ve been working on a project to control a fountain pump with the surplus electricity from my 15W solar panel. The solar controller turns on my LED light strips which are held in place with the FlexiDaisy mounting strip so they don’t rely on the tape most LEDs use, but I want the extra energy to be used during the day to run a small fountain on the patio.
Once I have the circuit finalized I will upload the schematics to share with anyone who’s looking to upgrade their back yard environment.
Great news everyone!
The new online store is live. You can check it out below.
https://squareup.com/store/flexidaisy-llc
We’re shortly going to modify the “Products” page to link directly into the online store but you can check it out early if you are interested.
Thank you for your patience as we continue to develop and grow.
It’s that time of year again everyone! Time to go see family and share a good meal with each other. Hope you didn’t forget to chip in and do the dishes afterwards. My family has a tradition of taking turns around the table to talk about what you’re thankful for. This year the answer was easy.
I’m thankful that we started FlexiDaisy, and I’m proud how far we’ve come in such a short period of time.
We’re looking forward to many more years of being thankful to bring you high quality flexible LED mounting channels.