hi all! I'm AJ and I need help with my first electrical project: night vision goggles! I have been meaning to make these bad boys for a long while and now I'm finally ready to start, so lets get down to business.
I have researched the matter and have found that cheap night vision will be a pair of old viewfinders from dated camcorders wired to twin ultra low-lux, black-and white cameras complete with a fixation of a number of inferred LED's. Because inferred light lies in a certain spectrum of light, it is invisible to the human eye -but not the camera's! Because the device is essentially a pair of "camera glasses", the invisible light emitted from the device illuminates your surroundings and thus, night vision is created.
Now that you know the concept I'm going for, please help me wire it all up! I am trying to power one camera and viewfinder with a single 9v battery, then pair it to a twin circuit, (consisting of the other cam and viewfinder, powered by another 9v) with a switch to toggle both circuits on or off simultaneously.
This being my first electronic project, I need help figuring out if the power sources are sufficient or too much, how to add resistors if needed or if I even need them at all.
Thanks,
-AJ
I have researched the matter and have found that cheap night vision will be a pair of old viewfinders from dated camcorders wired to twin ultra low-lux, black-and white cameras complete with a fixation of a number of inferred LED's. Because inferred light lies in a certain spectrum of light, it is invisible to the human eye -but not the camera's! Because the device is essentially a pair of "camera glasses", the invisible light emitted from the device illuminates your surroundings and thus, night vision is created.
Now that you know the concept I'm going for, please help me wire it all up! I am trying to power one camera and viewfinder with a single 9v battery, then pair it to a twin circuit, (consisting of the other cam and viewfinder, powered by another 9v) with a switch to toggle both circuits on or off simultaneously.
This being my first electronic project, I need help figuring out if the power sources are sufficient or too much, how to add resistors if needed or if I even need them at all.
Thanks,
-AJ
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