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spikenzielabs The Rainbow Light Show Instruction Manual

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The Rainbow Light Show
Hobby Electronics Soldering Kit
Instruction Guide
For the best outcome, follow each step in order.
We recommend reading this guide entirely before you get started.
Tools required:
Soldering iron, solder, flush cutters, Phillips head and small flat blade screwdriver, safety glasses, masking tape.
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  • Page 1 The Rainbow Light Show Hobby Electronics Soldering Kit Instruction Guide For the best outcome, follow each step in order. We recommend reading this guide entirely before you get started. Tools required: Soldering iron, solder, flush cutters, Phillips head and small flat blade screwdriver, safety glasses, masking tape.

  • Page 2: Electronic Components

    Laser cut acrylic parts and hardware Bezel Under bezel washers Stand Nuts Screws Electronic components Button DC barrel jack Socket 3pin screw terminal Resistors 220uf capacitor 5v 2A Ac Adapter Transistor 0.1 capacitor TCRT IR sensors (3) 16 LED Strip...
  • Page 3 The Rainbow Light Show PCB will have most components soldered to the bottom of the board, as well some on the top. In all cases, the component is soldered onto the side with a white printed outline. Top Side of PCB...
  • Page 4 Flare out the legs to keep them in place. Be sure that the body of the resistor is flush against the PCB. Solder the resistors in place. Make sure you don’t forget to solder any of the legs. Safety Glasses On! Snip off the ends of the legs.
  • Page 5 The IC socket Mind the notch! The IC socket has a notch on one side. The PCB has a printed notch. When you are mounting the socket to the PCB, make sure the notch on the socket is lined up with the notch printed in white on the PCB.

  • Page 6: Screw Terminal Block

    The calibrate / wake button Line up the button over the PCB. Mount the right angle button to the PCB. Note: The button has 4 legs. The button will hold itself in place. Make sure the button to flush to the surface of the PCB.
  • Page 7 DC barrel jack installation Place the DC barrel jack over the PCB. Slide the 3 tabs through the slots in the PCB, and This can only be installed in one direction. hold in place with a piece of tape. Solder the DC barrel jack in place. 220uf capacitor Line up the white indicator stripe on the body of Insert the 2 legs, and lay the capacitor down like in...
  • Page 8 The bottom of your PCB should now look like this: IR Sensors Next you will be installing the 3 IR sensors on the top side of the board, and soldering on the bottom side. Note the corner insertion pin on the sensor. It fits Slide the 4 legs through the PCB, and push the IR inside the mount hole on the PCB.
  • Page 9 Flare out the legs of the IR sensor as you have in previous steps. Solder and trim the 4 legs for each of the sensors. Be Careful when soldering the sensors on the already populated bottom side of the PCB. You don’t want to accidentally burn any of the components.
  • Page 10 The IC, socket and PCB all have a notch indicating the correct orientation for the IC. Make sure they are all lined up. If you insert the chip in the wrong orientation, it will not work. Mind the notch! Place the IC over the socket. When you see that all of the legs are lined up, gently press down until it is seated flat against the socket..
  • Page 11 Preparing the acrylic parts Peel the protective plastic and paper from the 2 stands, washers and top bezel. For the pieces of paper that remain on the black acrylic, scratch at a corner with your fingernail, and then lift it away. Be careful not to scratch, bend or flex the acrylic.
  • Page 12 Place the fully populated PCB over the stands. Top side up. Center the screw holes directly over the center of each nut. Place a washer over both of the screw holes on the PCB. Make sure that the nut has not slipped out. You will be able to see it if you look directly through the hole, from the top down.
  • Page 13 Loosen the 3 flat blade screws of the screw terminal, about 4 turns each. Line up the Red wire, with 5V. Black wire with GND. Yellow wire with OUT. Double check to be sure this pattern is correct before connecting the AC adapter. Insert and screw down the Red wire.

  • Page 14: Quick Start

    RLS will re-calibrate. When recalibrating, do not stand too close to The Rainbow Light Show or put a hand over any of the sensors. The best way is to place you left index finger to the left of the left stand and use your right index finger to press the reset button on the lower right hand side of the RLS.
  • Page 15 How it works: The RLS has three sensors. These sensors are IR (infrared) light proximity sensors. On each sensor there are two parts. The first part is an IR LED, that is shining a beam of IR light upward. The IR beam is invisible to the naked eye. If you look though your phone's camera you may be able to see it.