Hi,Â
I hope you can help me. I work for a film production company in London called Passion Planet and we are making a documentary series about water. We have a crew travelling to the Amazon rainforest, leaving this Monday 22nd October, and while we’re in the field we are hoping to film an experiment viewing fluorescein dye in a plant.Â
I am trying to create a way to illuminate the plant. The excitation peak of the dye is 489 nm, The emission peak is 509 nm. Â
So far I have found the following on the RS website:Â
1. Blue LED e.g. Cree XPEBLU RS Stock No. (810-7064) Â Â
2. LED driver e.g. Philips 17 W RS Stock No. (722-7902) Â
I am hoping to connect the LEDs in series so that they are all powered by the same driver. But I can't see what connectors would be appropriate. Also, it doesn't look like RS stock a driver connector (something like this https://www.ledsupply.com/accessories/xitanium-driver-connector ?) Do I need one?Â
Ideally we'd be able to illuminate the plant from several angles.Â
Also, I'm looking to place the LEDs in a spot lens to help illumination but is it still possible to attach a heatsink?Â
I don't have any store cupboard equipment so need to buy everything - any advice would be really appreciated.Â
Thank you in anticipation,Â
Catherine WatlingÂ