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Prototype Assembly 1/2

A project log for Photon

Open source UV curing wand

mileMile 10/02/2020 at 20:390 Comments

After the initial concept, a fully functional prototype has been made. Some functionality that has been added:

All above mentioned improvements are documented in project schematics. Schematics include LED module PCB, Controller PCB and Connector PCB. Schematics are also available in higher resolution(.pdf) in the project repository. Special care was taken to reduce the number of unique components to make the assembly process more economical.

To make the assembly process easier and faster assembly drawings were generated. They are also available in .pdf format.

And finally here are some pictures of assembled modules. White colour of the solder mask was chosen because it is more reflective than the default green. This will help in reflecting UV radiation of LEDs outward.

After assembling LED modules I did some testing. Since I am now using aluminum substrate PCBs I should have much better thermals. As it can be seen on the picture from thermal camera, temperatures are around 5°C lower, but what is more important is that there much better heat transfer to aluminum heatsink. This picture was taken after 30 minutes of operation so there is some "thermal lag" for heatsink to reach set temperature. This allows driving of LEDs at even higher power levels to achieve higher output power in shorter time periods.

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