3D Printed Strobe Ringlight

Problem Statement

This project is a fork of the previous 3D_printed_LED_Ringflash project. I want actual strobes for when I want crystal clear, bright, short duration burst of light. This is especially useful for deep macro handheld work. I want to use disposable cameras for everything except the camera interface which will require SCRs or transistors.

System Overview

The system consists of a power supply and trigger, a 3D printed mount for the circuitry, a power source, a 3D printed structure to mount the strobes on, and the strobes themselves.

Power Supply and Trigger

For now these will just be the disposable camera board with the beefiest transformer that I can find. Charge times will be slow because there will be three capacitors instead of just the usual single cap. Triggering will be accomplished by an SCR tied to the PC-Sync output of my camera.

Strobes

Once again these will be from the disposable cameras. The cap is glued to the strobe housing with locktite flexible adhesive and the same glue is used to secure the strobes within the structure. Inductors are used to isolate the capacitor/strobes from the power supply to avoid tubes from stealing each other's pulses and exploding.

Structure

Ring

The ring structure was based on the LED version but redesigned to include the proper hole pattern.

Mount

I'll probably use a modified version of the LED version's mount but its too early to tell if I will need anything at all.