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project:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:start [2025/06/07 22:18] – add image Peter Siegmundproject:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:start [2025/06/12 21:48] (current) – [EDA/ECAD] Peter Siegmund
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-====== Mole Beacon Light ======+====== Mole Beacon ====== 
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 +{{ :project:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:mole_beacon_light.png?200|}}
  
 ===== Introduction ===== ===== Introduction =====
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-{{ :project:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:mole_beacon_light.png?400|}} 
  
 For our Warnemünde section, which includes a water area, we also need a lighthouse so that our ships can travel safely. For our Warnemünde section, which includes a water area, we also need a lighthouse so that our ships can travel safely.
  
-Since Warnemünde has two [[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molenfeuer_Warnem%C3%BCnde|Mole Beacon Lights]] (one green and one red), I decided to recreate the green beacon light. I did some research and found some good reference images for this project.+Since Warnemünde has two [[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molenfeuer_Warnem%C3%BCnde|Mole Beacons]] (one green and one red), I decided to recreate the green beacon light. I did some research and found some good reference images for this project. 
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 +===== Design ===== 
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 +{{:project:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:mole_beacon_light_cut_through.png?200 |}}
  
 First, I replicated the building in [[software:onshape:start|]]. This was not as easy as I initially thought, but in the end, I was successful. First, I replicated the building in [[software:onshape:start|]]. This was not as easy as I initially thought, but in the end, I was successful.
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 A more challenging part will be the outdoor lights, as the building has two of them. I will try to use 0402 3V LEDs and hope that I can print a miniature enclosure to mimic the real lamps. A more challenging part will be the outdoor lights, as the building has two of them. I will try to use 0402 3V LEDs and hope that I can print a miniature enclosure to mimic the real lamps.
-===== Source Code ====+ 
 +==== MCAD ==== 
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 +The modell was created in [[software:onshape:start|]]. More about that later. 
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 +==== EDA/ECAD ==== 
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 +The two PCBs are created within [[software:kicad:start|]].  
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 +This is the LED board, with is located a the top within the building. Is has connections to the WS2812B RGB LED and the three outdoor 0402 LEDs, which are within separate housings. 
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 +{{:project:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:light_board_front.png?300|}} 
 +{{:project:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:light_board_back.png?300|}} 
 +{{:project:maerklin:warnemuende:lighthouse:light_board_schematics.png?600|}} 
 +===== Source Code ====
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