Taking pictures in darkness - illuminating with LED?

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Hi there

I want to take pictures in the night of small animals moving around. I am expecting the GHI motion-sensor to be able to see the monsters, and hopefully without too much delay, be able to take a picture.

But in pitch-dark, I want to light up the picture with something.

I have bought a couple of these http://www.ebay.com/itm/301114552519

And I am expecting that the GPIO can be connected directly to the S pin on the High Power LED and just be on for a few seconds.

Any experiences from your side?

PS: Will send a few pics when I manage to get it working…

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@ andre.m - hi, good to see you back. I think there is a trAnsistor on the module… Will check.

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The load module is perfect for such jobs by the way.

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Although it will only be turned on for a few seconds, I would mount (at least a small) heatsink on the pcb. Ideally you mount it directly to the star pcb.
Just in case that something is wrong, program hangs up, etc. And LED is turned on a while :frowning:

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This transistor, together with some resistors is built into the module. The load-module should not be needed… http://www.hz-dz.net/UploadFiles/2009527101530473.pdf

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It will be interesting to see if the motion sensor will be sensitive enough to catch the little monsters. would love to see some pics of your setup once it ready :slight_smile: