Adding 18650s and DC Power to Hot Shoe Video LED Light

Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

I use Neewer’s hot shoe LED lights for a variety of purposes - photography, video, and scanning negatives. The CN-160 is incredibly bright and dimmable. Unfortunately, it is designed to take 6xAA batteries. Or, if you have the right camera, you can attach your camera’s lithium battery to it. I don’t like either option.

I use 18650 batteries for my headlight and I want to use them here. I added a voltage monitor so I didn’t accidentally drain the batteries. I added a DC barrel jack for connecting to a wall adapter. This was for scanning thousands of negatives - I needed full brightness for many hours.

Adapter on PCB Isolation

Adding 18650s and DC Power to Hot Shoe Video LED Light