I need help to start with Fiber Optics... !!!

Marcal · Post by **Marcal** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:30 am

Hi everyone,

I would like to start lighting a model using Fiber Optics. Does anyone know some web page where it is explained in detail with pictures and so on???. I found several explanations over the net, but without pictures and I find it difficult to understand.

thanks you all,

Less Than Super Ostrich · Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:13 am

Boy, I sure would like to learn too. However, any time anyone points me to a resource... the technical stuff overwhelms me. Resistors, Watts, and Flux Capicitors, Oh my!

en'til Zog · Post by **en'til Zog** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:37 am

Hello Marcal!

There are several 'build up' articles in the 'step by step' construction section that use fibre optics. Which need some sort of light source to light up one end, so light comes out the other.

I'm afraid you are going to have to use a few LEDs, which aren't that hard to figure out. Really. (Forget the Flux Capacitors - they use too many gigawatts - chew up batteries SO fast....)

There are a few articles on LEDs on this site, some more understandable than others. Check the main site under 'lighting' I think.

Good luck, and MODEL ON!

Marcal · Post by **Marcal** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:08 am

Hi,

thanks a lot !!!. To work with LED is not difficult, I have done it before. I knew that fiber optics needs some light source but I did not know where to find examples. This web-site is so big that sometimes to find what you are looking for becomes very difficult. I will have a look at this step-by-step pages.

Thanks for light my way...