Sep 5, 2013 #1 A Aswin As Newbie level 1 Joined Aug 2, 2013 Messages 1 Helped 0 Reputation 0 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1 Activity points 6 I thinking of making an led bulb from 230v without a step down transformer. I think I can use bridge ckt and somthing etc. can any one help me to build such a ckt that is capable of driving 5 or 7w led's.
I thinking of making an led bulb from 230v without a step down transformer. I think I can use bridge ckt and somthing etc. can any one help me to build such a ckt that is capable of driving 5 or 7w led's.
Sep 5, 2013 #2 tpetar Advanced Member level 7 Joined Sep 27, 2010 Messages 6,417 Helped 1,713 Reputation 3,456 Reaction score 1,673 Trophy points 1,393 Location Pancevo-Belgrade, Serbia Activity points 37,363 Always is good to have isolation. I recommend to use small SMPS psu, you can make it or buy it. In SMD fashion can be very small and compact. Switched current power supply for 1W - 5W LED diode http://danyk.cz/izled_en.html Also see PowerIntegration LinkSwitch-PL family of IC: http://www.powerint.com/products/linkswitch-family/linkswitch-pl **broken link removed** For answer on your thread question see these examples: **broken link removed** **broken link removed** Best regards, Peter
Always is good to have isolation. I recommend to use small SMPS psu, you can make it or buy it. In SMD fashion can be very small and compact. Switched current power supply for 1W - 5W LED diode http://danyk.cz/izled_en.html Also see PowerIntegration LinkSwitch-PL family of IC: http://www.powerint.com/products/linkswitch-family/linkswitch-pl **broken link removed** For answer on your thread question see these examples: **broken link removed** **broken link removed** Best regards, Peter