why dont we collectively throw down for sphere data?

Qjay420

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I thought FUD was Dutch? Or at least I know one who is also into mono's, far red, PPFD measuring, aquariums, posting presumptions as facts, posting random links to research papers as "proof" (when nothing of what he claims is actually discussed in it) and thinks he's providing "science" while in reality everyone thinks he's an idiot.

He's a troll in the sense that he keeps posting his bullshit, but he actually has it in his head that he's correct.

I haven't seen him this vindictive, but then I've never seen a forum this poorly moderated. Mods complaining about too much reporting when one user is at the base of all of them seems like an easy fix
ya I call him the dream crusher .
 

Qjay420

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I don't want the LED section to be a problem. Anyone with the heart , Willing to build very expensive lights on other peoples Knowledge are very passionate about this and probably did it because they themselves wanted a better grow light. I am very sorry myself for letting people get to me , like I said the passion runs deap . it's to bad because people really wanted to learn but people started trolling and making others question good and valuable information and that's to bad for the DIY GUYS. but good for you other guys looking to make money because DIY has come and gone already, and only the cream shall rise to the top.
 

PhotonFUD

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I don't think @Greengenes707 has made many friends around here behind the scenes, and I like that the mods err on the side of free expression. For instance, your posts are often abrasive and confrontational, but I'm still glad you are allowed to contribute without the politeness police banning you.

On a side note: @PhotonFUD is subtle in his trolling. He's very, very good.

Apparently so good that I don't even know that I am doing it.

Merit should be based on the content, not the contributor.
 

PhotonFUD

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In GG's thread he was clearly trolling, but his "400umol" stance seems to be something he really believes. Or that we should measure center PPFD/W for all light sources.

It"s also not about being abrasive or disagreement. I can't believe people in general would report posts when they simply disagree. 40 reports in a short time shows there is an actual problem. When say a dozen people report the posts from one guy and this guy also reports some posts oif this dozen, then it would seem quite clear where the issue originates.

The majority are often wrong.
 

researching

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The led forum has lots of great info in it and honestly every other forum category you choose has very opinionated people. I am opinionated, but realize there is more than one way to skin a cat. If it works, it works.

The people that demean, or talk shit because their way is the best, must have low self esteem and or a small penis. I could care less how people get to the finish line as long as they get there. If they get there without an attitude and have something to share along the way, all the better.

I have learned a lot from the led forum and youtube regarding leds and more specifically diy.
 

PhotonFUD

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heyheyheyheyhey as much as I enjoy the bullshit that seems to be thrown through this forum and in the specific threads that it comes up in, could we please just for fucking once remember the name of the thread

'why dont we collectively throw down for sphere data?'

Seriously if you want to invade people's threads with you people's ever lasting bullshit - go smoke another cone and fuck riiiiiiiiight off

Pretty please stop shitting throughout yet another thread:

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Now I for one would love to see spherical data for all cobs @ 6", 12", 18" & 24" - although that's probably asking for a lot hahaha

Hell I'd even teach myself & quickly throw together a website to display the data if someone provided accurate standardized data for individual cobs

Totally agree and I will refrain from further posting anything off topic in this thread.

My apologies for previous posts, I have just been going through them in order.

Now to contribute. Physics department at local university. Anyone try yet?
 

PhotonFUD

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Why dont you just paint the inside of a basketball white,make a trap door and mount your li cor inside it lmao.see i just saved you 3 to 4 k,thank me laterz :)

While I see your point on trying to get a DIY option going, the big expensive part of the scientific devices is the testing and certification gone into them. Manufacturing the sphere is a relatively small portion and calibration can be another large cost as it is largely a manual process. Being something that will be used for measuring, it has to be accurate.

There is some fun in the DIY idea generation department so here is my contribution and to give credit to Abiqua as it is somewhat based on his idea. Instead of going a sphere, why not use a sensor directly in contact with the emitting surface? The goal is to collect all the photons emitted from source, that is what the sphere does. If you have a sensor able to effectively grab all the photons that would accomplish the same thing.

Abiqua suggested 'reverse running' an led (I might be off on this, don't hold me to it, correction required) to pick up the current flow generated by photons absorbed by the led. I thought there would be too many losses if it was even possible to work, but the idea is the same for quantum sensors so it works with whatever material gives the sensitivity we can use to measure. For all we know there might be something cheap out there that can do it for us. Something to look into next week.

But we will still run into the problem of calibration. We would all need a common source to calibrate each of our devices to regardless of what/how they were made. That will be the tricky part.
 

PhotonFUD

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well yeah, i dont build fixtures.. but if i did i sure would spend $500 to fully characterize it in an accredited lab

my gig is rooting out the best chip values and then offering them up... so yeah it fits me.... and most of the DIYers as well.

You should be complaining to Citizen, Cree and other emitter manufacturers to do it for you :)
 

PhotonFUD

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But you do build and sell almost complete single cob fixtures(minus driver)...........lol

https://cobkits.com/product-category/light-engines/






BTW, if I find out you had anything to do with GG's thread getting harassed&closed, multiple accounts is nothing new to you BobbyG..........well, i'm not going to be happy, we will let RIU be the judge/ jury on that; fucking shameful what happened.........one of the BEST threads on here, invaluable info over the years.

Very similar postings to photonfud, including both recommending a19 led bulbs for grows, nobody does except you and az2000 ( back in the day). You brought up this forum's "clique" mentality when GG cut you off, photonfud said the same shit, forum education levels etc.. GG told you to GTFO of his thread and photoncrud starts his BS, ==== coincidence? maybe

Looking up his etl status on intertek was a smart move,i'll give you that..............all that testing research you've been doing lately, hmmmmmm

Tell me I'm wrong?.........

To put an end to this right here and now, no he is not me. Furthermore, I have nothing to do with him, no business association or otherwise.

I have no problem calling out garbage regardless of who it is. To me, you are all just random people on the internet like I am. It makes not what you think about me. As I have said all along, you are free to believe in what you want.
 

Abiqua

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http://www.analog.com/library/analogdialogue/archives/48-08/raq_108.html
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At about 2¢ each in large quantities, LEDs cost about five times as much as diodes, but they are much more sensitive as photocells. With the sun falling directly on it, the photocurrent of a red 5-mm LED (1000 mCd @ 20 mA) is over 20 μA; in the sunny tropics this might keep a clock battery charged. They’re not well-suited for power generation, but LEDs are convenient photodetectors at about 10% of the price of purpose-made ones.

An LED’s spectral sensitivity depends on its color: they sense wavelengths shorter than or equal to their own emitted wavelength. This depends on the properties of the encapsulation; light from colors that it absorbs will not reach the LED. White LEDs contain a phosphor to convert monochrome light to white light and do not make good photocells.

Manufacturers do not characterize LEDs as photocells, so minor design changes that have minimal effect on their behavior as LEDs may cause major changes in their characteristics as photocells. When using LEDs as photocells, characterize them yourself, and use conservative designs so that your circuit still performs well with any changes. This makes mass-produced circuits using LEDs as photocells demanding, but they are very useful in small batch or single system designs.

An elegant application is where an LED is driven by an analog microcontroller. The same LED may be used as a photodetector by disabling the digital output driving it and sensing its photocurrent output. If the microcontroller has dual-purpose analog input/digital I/O pins, like the ADuC7023 or the Atmel ATMega controllers used in Arduinos, this can be done with an LED and two resistors—and just one processor pin. {yes, even the Arduino Micro with a non removable chipset i.e cheap, will run this type of circuit}

A semiconductor diode can be connected as a photocell in two ways: photovoltaic mode and photoconductive mode.{this is Reverse Biasing of the P/N junction at work] Solar panels work in photovoltaic mode; light shines on them, the anode becomes more positive than the cathode, and a current proportional to the incident light flows in any circuit connected between the anode and the cathode. The diode is forward biased and its capacitance is several times larger than its reverse-biased capacitance.

In photoconductive mode, light shining on a reverse-biased photodiode causes a photocurrent proportional to the incident light to flow. It is best to use photoconductive mode for ac signals as the frequency response is better, but light measurement in photovoltaic mode is very simple, as shown inPhotodiodes and Other Light Sensors.




qualitative vs quantitative....at the current pace which rules?, that's the more likely question :joint:
 

CobKits

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And on that note i still don't know how a speres data will be important for a directional lamp.
i think the idea is that although lamps are similar in direction, there may be slight differences. im not expecting much relative difference vs the 12" on axis measurements i take, but technically its correct.

once you get past bare chip its useful. for example a BJB acts as a mini reflector and can skew data. in a sphere this should theoretically account for itself
 

CobKits

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The most important data we could have at this point is multiple grows under all these dif chips.imo of course lmao
someone like yourself with great skills would be good for that. if you got the space i got the chips. it doesnt need to be a commercial for citi or whatever. id personally like to see good consistent sided by sides of stuff like 80 vs 90 cri etc. most spectrums are similar from mfr to mfr anyway.
 
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