The USB powered LED CD lamp

Step 8 Plug 'n' light

Now hook your lamp up to the USB port and have fun. Hope you enyoyed this Instructable. Leave me a comment below.

Comments

[nemanja92]

hello can someone tel me why i can powered Led lights by USB???

[zsingh]

Great effort to reduce e-waste. GREAT Keep it up

[yogesh_nik]

Amazing use of scrap good to recycle my all scrap CDs.

[jtc10512]

I wonder if you solder a USB port to it, it will act as a USB extender. Since the lamp itself would be taking up a usb port, you could regain the amount of free USB ports on your computer. For that, you would not cut off the data wires.

[Gideon Ackon]

Why did you add the batteries? Is the batteries going to be charged? Why not the USB connected strait to the switch and the LEDs? Please send me the answer to [e-mail]

[MCzone]

The Batteries are a counterweight not for power,
just use something more efficient than batteries though.

[nacho.cheese]

excellent work!!!...
I did one, and it work nice...

[markymonkeymark]

@sir Jan 12, 2010. 4:25 AMArtificial Intelligence
- wow nice...its really work... i already made one for my new modding project...soon ^_^ ...
see my worklogs here...

http://s358.photobucket.com/albums/oo30/markymonkeymark/Pc%20Mods/Wirings%20and%20Electronics/?start=20

thanks a lot...

[pr.sreehari]

wooow its very nice.
but  5v in usb port is enough to drive those 6 leds??
thnx

[Artificial Intelligence]

5 Volts is enough, because the LEDs are driven in parallel instead of series.

[pr.sreehari]

 yes u r right
i did it

[markymonkeymark]

Hi sir Artificial Intelligenc, nice work... im just wondering, what happen to those green and white wires?where did you connect those?white wire connected to red wire(5v+) , and the other one which is the black (grnd), did you connect the green one?



im just a noob and willing to learn...
searching all over the net (Led lights powered by USB)

[Artificial Intelligence]

Since we are just using power from the USB port, the data wires (white and green ones) should just be cut off and not connected to anything.

[selectum2]

this is totally AWESOME!!!!!

[Artificial Intelligence]

Thanks

[cybergod]

Great idea. I will look at making one, but I will see if there is an easy way to make a basethat is more to my liking. Maybe some stiff card board glued around like a skirt and then two more cd's (we all have a small truckload of old ones). Then the counterweights and wiring can be hidden. When I get around to it, I will send you some pics.

[cybergod]

Oh I will have to make two, my 11 year old just saw it and wants one to. Should be a great father some project.

[cybergod]

Artificial Intelligence, can you add a template for the positioning of the led's on the cd's. I am crap at measuring and it would speed up the process. Just a thought and hopeful request.

[noober]

hi.. is it okay to try this amazing work as my project?

[Artificial Intelligence]

What do you mean?

[noober]

will do the lamp to be submitted on my subject...

[Artificial Intelligence]

Sorry. I still don't understand.

[neardood]

I think he means to ask you're permission to copy your work to make his own lamp

[Artificial Intelligence]

I published this 'ible so that people could make the lamp themselves.

[noober]

Nevermind dude. Anyway, could you give me a tip on how to make a simple dynamo... i need to hear from you.. thnks