39. Night Vision Camera

This project will allow you to see in the dark using a digital camera, and other components. These cameras can see infrared light, but they don't see it completely, due to the IR filter being installed by camera manufacturers. The first step for this project is that you disassemble the camera, and extract the IR filter out. Once you modify your digital camera, you can make your camera sensitive to infrared, and so the camera will be used for nighttime.

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To create this device, you would need high-powered LEDs that can emit infrared light, so that the camera can see the dark environments with those lights.

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To house the components together, you will need a frame installed to the front of the camera itself, using adhesives like Velcro, and double-sided tape, and then you can attach the LEDs to the metal frame.

For the power supply, 2 Li-ion batteries connected in parallel will power up the IR LEDs. Make sure that you also have the TP4056 module so that you can charge those batteries with 5-volts.

If the LEDs require 12 volts, you would need to have a boost converter that can step up the base voltage into 12 volts.

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To advance the project, instead of letting your camera be powered by 3 volts, you can power it directly to the 3.7-volt batteries in parallel to the led driver. This method eliminates the use of 1.5-volt batteries, but also made it more convenient.

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Once the wiring is done, you can mount it onto the brackets. That way, it will make it an easy convenience when it comes to taking pictures or videos.

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