The USB Stud Light

Basically a USB Worm Light but without the worm part.

In the following instructable I will show you how to make a slightly more simplified version of a USB Wormlight

But I just want to warn you I will be using mostly images done in MS paint, my camera can't focus on close up objects.
Also, I would like you to know that this instructable was extremely rushed, I had very little time to do it in, and was unable to increase its quality. In my next instructable, I will put much more effort in, and I am sorry if you have trouble understanding it.

Thank you for reading my first instructable..

Step 1 Getting the parts...

Okay, to make this you are going to need a few different bits and pieces:

First off, you'll need to have a High intensity LED, preferably white. Also you have to know its specifications (like current and voltage draw).

Next you will have to find the correct resistor. Now most of you will already know ohms law, but to simplify it:
Voltage Source - Voltage drop of LED / Current Draw of Led
Example: 5v-3.6v(=1.4v)/ (lets say 75ma which =) 0.075= 18.6 so an 18 ohm resistor.

Another thing you'll need is a USB plug, this is just a USB plug that has nothing connected to it. See picture below.

Finally you will need some sort of epoxy resin. This is just to seal the components and ensure they dont short or get damaged.

You will also need some basic tools like pliers, side cutters a soldering iron etc.

Comments

[Chromatica]

so the ground is the negative

[Xellers]

Ouch, bad picture quality! But, great instructable...

[MrStupid]

Try taking a wide shot of your project (with out any zoom) and use your favorite picture editing software to crop your picture down and enlarge it.

[sjs229]

Instead you could also try the macro mode if present in your camers

[USB]

Sadly, I've tried this already. The resulting images weren't a big enough improvement on the current ones to warrant their replacement.

[Jackus95]

Hey you've got a wi fi adaptor

[Tomcat94]

You know, if you hold the camera further away and just zoom in, it might help. Maybe enabling the manual focus and focusing the camera like that might help. BTW, good tible! Might try one day...

[USB]

Actually, I was holding the camera away while zoomed in; and my camera doesn't have manual focus. I just have a really old digital camera. Oh, and I'm glad to see that you like my instructable.

[aiden120000]

woo yay!. i worked! this is also the first instructable i have have ever followed. but mines not as pretty as yours, probably my bad solder skills.

[FrenchCrawler]

I found that the best way to take close up shots with a crappy camera is to take a dark/black cap (from a film canister or soda bottle) and use a small nail or pin to poke a hole through the center of the cap. Place the cap over the lens of your camera and set the exposure up to take the picture according to the light situation around you. Take the picture. Works great for me (especially on the instructables I have yet to post...)

[ryzellon]

Getting crappy cameras to take macros? Sounds like a wonderful thing to write an instructable about. (Though I don't quite know how you're going to get another camera to take photos of the camera you're "modding".)

[Punkguyta]

Could you do that with a webcam?

[flashlight_nut3777]

if you can find a source for web cams with decent macro capability by all means share the link.. My webcam takes worse macroshots than my phone =/

[Punkguyta]

It's rare you hear macro and webcam in the same sentence when talking photography.

[FrenchCrawler]

I don't see why not. I have no webcam, so I can't test it.

[USB]

Thanks for the idea, i'll try it when I do my next instructable, but this one took quite a while so i'll leave it as is. Thankyou though.