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I took the Hyperdyne Labs scanner and my led holder but this time I pulled the led back a little and added two layers of defusion paper and then a piece of red gel. It now more looks like a bulb scanner. Here is a youtube clip of it in action.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXBNa2GvmT4

http://www.hyperdynelabs.com/products_e ... oLight.php


Jim

That has a real good look to it that is a much cheaper alternative than going the route of a real bulb that runs so much more money. Great idea to do that. Now how does it look in a helmet in the day light from 20-30 feet away?

It still all fits inside of a helmet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvsoiQcF ... annel_page

Here it is in day light a few feet back.

Jim

Perfect.

GREAT WORK!

I wish I had a scanner like that...

Thanks for sharing it with us!

That looks amazing. What's defusion paper? I assumed the red gel was like that used for concert lighting rigs.

Mr Fett wrote:That looks amazing. What's defusion paper? I assumed the red gel was like that used for concert lighting rigs.

You need to use a clouded sheet of white plastic, and then a red sheet of plastic. That will give you the haze you need to give the correct blur that the real ones have/had.

So, GoldCylon, how much room should one expect in the helmet with the eye electronics in place? I know you can still wear it, but wow, it is pretty much right up in your face, huh?

I am going to craft my own eye (SOMEHOW!) and I know that space it at a premium in the eye area. I was just wondering what is typical. With diffuser sheets that takes up more room too.

I've also ordered a sheet of red diffusion paper, too...

As soon as I got my helmet back, I'll cut it to size and apply it over the LEDs.

Hope the end effect will be as great as C.O.R.A.'s...

C.O.R.A wrote:I took the Hyperdyne Labs scanner and my led holder but this time I pulled the led back a little and added two layers of defusion paper and then a piece of red gel. It now more looks like a bulb scanner. Here is a youtube clip of it in action.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXBNa2GvmT4

http://www.hyperdynelabs.com/products_e ... oLight.php


Jim

Nice work!!!

It looks pretty good for an LED.





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Looks great! Where did you get the holder? I need one 8)

ok now.... What is the best cylon eye scanner currently available >Zeta > hyperdyne > or another I haven't heard of? I have a friend trying to build one as if we would do one at the studio, but i want it to be faithful also.

Skullbeast wrote:ok now.... What is the best cylon eye scanner currently available >Zeta > hyperdyne > or another I haven't heard of? I have a friend trying to build one as if we would do one at the studio, but i want it to be faithful also.

Neither is really "faithful" as the original scanners use light bulbs - not LEDs. Blubs had the inharent "fade" to them as power is given/taken away. LEDs are very harsh ON and OFF... any fade to them has to be engineered into the electrons that drive them to step power to/from them. The original bulbs were also very hot and dim and used much power... two big reasons that most Cylon builders have gone to LEDs - cooler, BRIGHTER and much less power needs.

I have a Zeta eye and will probably one day get a hyperdyne one to see firsthand if they see eye-to-eye (HaHa - funny me).

Our own member Retro1 sells a 10 LED version of the eye for budget builders... other than him, Zeta and Hyperdyne I've heard/seen no others "out there." If anyone else has POST!