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The farad is a measure of capacitance (or storage capacity). Capacitors used in high frequency RF applications can be as small as 1pf (pico farad). Many capacitors that you'd have seen in audio circuits have capacitances such as 470uf or 680uf (micro farads). For those of you who don't know much about super capacitors, here is a little bit of fun theory: THEORY: Super capacitors act like any other kind of capacitor, only they can store tremendous amounts of energy.
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I want to keep this document as practical as possible. There are some fun videos in STEP#8 and some links to my hobby electronics stores in STEP#9. However, I will be providing links to sites where math can be found for those of you who are interested. I'm not going to blast super capacitor noobies with a ton of flashy math. This instructable will be followed with similar super capacitor related instructables. Proceed with caution.Hi Instructables Community! CHECK OUT OUR SUPER CAPACITOR FLASHLIGHT KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN: LET'S TALK ABOUT SUPER CAPACITORS! Thanks for looking at my instructable! This instructable will be a little bit shorter than some of my others, and it will be written from the perspective of a technician, not an engineer.
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That is why I used a $2 dollar camera I picked up at a thrift store in the States! I am not responsible in any way for what could happen to your camera. Also, trying this project risks ruining your camera and possibly a warranty. It isn't anything as serious as microwave capacitors, but do be careful! I am not responsible, in anyway for any harm this project could cause. I doubt a shock from this would normally hurt anyone, but it will give you a rather unpleasant shock. To discharge the flash the leads of the capacitor can be carefully shorted out. That capacitor can hold a charge - around 330v in the camera I was using - even when batteries are not in the camera. Cameras contain a high voltage capacitor to power the cameras flash. WARNING: Any time a camera is taken apart, most likely the capacitor is charged and waiting to shock you. All the hacker has to do is remove that filter. Thus camera's contain a smaller infrared filter that filters out the infrared light allowing the pictures to appear normally colored to our human eyes. Infrared light causes pictures to appear red-ish. Cameras, on the other hand, can pick up infrared light. Some of those spectrums are beyond the point that humans can see. Light is divided into different spectrums. How it works: If you don't know a thing about inferred cameras, they are simply cameras that pick up infrared light. After we are successful at that, we will be adding a ring of infrared led's to give it night-vision capabilities.
A CHRISTMAS LIGHT IS MADE TO FLASH VIA THE DISCHARGE OF A CAPACITOR FULL
Basically, we are taking the infrared filter out of a digital camera to allow it to pick up full infrared light. Maybe one day I will actually make a trail camera to see what lurks in the northern Amazon rain forest.Ĭoncept: This project is very simple. I had the thought of a infrared night-vision trail camera in the back of my head. Reason: I had a little time on my hands so I decided to try to turn a camera into a infrared camera.
A CHRISTMAS LIGHT IS MADE TO FLASH VIA THE DISCHARGE OF A CAPACITOR HOW TO
Hopefully it will trigger a new thought in your head or help you to more thoroughly know how to hack an ordinary camera into a night vision nightmare. Howdy, Now, I know there seems to be a ton of instructables on infrared cameras, but I will add my project anyway.