{"id":101,"date":"2010-12-30T17:33:21","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T17:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/?p=101"},"modified":"2017-04-16T15:35:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T15:35:32","slug":"projector-modded-with-led","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/?p=101","title":{"rendered":"Projector Modded With LED"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Introduction<\/h3>\n<p>I got given a Panasonic PT-AE500E projector as it was &#8216;broken&#8217;. As you have probably guessed, the only thing wrong with it was the bulb. Unfortunately the bulbs are ridiculously expensive which meant it was effectivly a write off.<\/p>\n<p>So I decided to try and fit a super bright LED instead. I knew it would never be as bright as an original bulb, but it is fine for a dark room.<\/p>\n<h3>Design<\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-101 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/?attachment_id=103'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/1200_IMG_2369-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Heat sink with driver\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-103\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-103'>\n\t\t\t\tHeat sink with driver\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/?attachment_id=104'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/1200_IMG_2380-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Heat sink with driver\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-104\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-104'>\n\t\t\t\tHeat sink with driver\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/?attachment_id=108'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/1200_IMG_2406-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Projector On\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-108\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-108'>\n\t\t\t\tProjector On\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/?attachment_id=110'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/1200_IMG_2500-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Projector\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-110\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-110'>\n\t\t\t\tProjector\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/?attachment_id=111'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/1200_IMG_2501-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Projector\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-111\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-111'>\n\t\t\t\tProjector\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/?attachment_id=109'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/1200_IMG_2499-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Projector\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-109\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-109'>\n\t\t\t\tProjector\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/?attachment_id=105'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/1200_IMG_2393-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Test screen 1\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-105\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-105'>\n\t\t\t\tTest screen 1\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/?attachment_id=106'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/1200_IMG_2398-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Test screen 2\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-106\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-106'>\n\t\t\t\tTest screen 2\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/?attachment_id=107'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emtronics.co.uk\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/1200_IMG_2405-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Test screen 3\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-107\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-107'>\n\t\t\t\tTest screen 3\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Panasonic PT-AE500E projector<\/li>\n<li>Athlon XP CPU Heat sink + fan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaidomain.com\/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=5490\">Seoul P7 LED &#8211; D-bin (supposedly anyway!..)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaidomain.com\/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=5490\">Seoul P7 star board<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dotlight.de\/products\/en\/LEDs\/LE...-DC-2800mA.html\">2.8A constant current driver<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kaidomain.com\/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=1753\">52mm Aspherical Lens<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Arctic Silver thermal paste (ebay)<\/li>\n<li>Lux meter (ebay)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I removed the oringal high voltage lamp board, and fit an old Dell 20v power supply into its place &#8211; its covered in bright yellow tape in the bottom pics.<\/p>\n<h3>Results<\/h3>\n<p>The images above are about 1.5m wide, and the colours look good. It is outputting abour 20lumes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction I got given a Panasonic PT-AE500E projector as it was &#8216;broken&#8217;. 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