in short -
My question is whether anyone has any experience or even just ideas on the best way to mount a lot of fiddly little LEDs. Right now I have a kind of writer's block on how to put this together from a DIY perspective.
As background / explanation -
I've tried the IR lights in my cameras + IR illuminators, but between the reflection from the eaves and cameras pointing at each other, it's just not working for me. Given the larger distances involved (30-50m usually), I want to take a different approach.
I've been able to source a bunch of 940nm LEDs (yay, no visible red lights!) and I don't mind soldering them + resistors & powering them dusk to dawn myself (either POE or using AC power with conversion, relays, etc).
My general idea is to run a whole lot of these LEDs around the edge of the eave trim, pointing back at the wall of the house. The aim being the house should then be visible on any of the cameras and maybe silhouetting would aid movement detection [and maybe later on trigger relays on normal lights, as kind of faux sensor lights]. I totally understand these tiny LEDs aren't going to achieve any kind of outward-facing flood lighting effect.
Because there would no longer be intense clusters of super-bright IR LEDs from the cameras/illuminators, I'm hoping it will be a good way to achieve some general night time lighting of the house. I have some distance all around the house to play with (10-20m), but it's flat ground - no landscaping or other fixtures to hide any lighting in.
My question is whether anyone has any experience or even just ideas on the best way to mount a lot of fiddly little LEDs. Right now I have a kind of writer's block on how to put this together from a DIY perspective.
As background / explanation -
I've tried the IR lights in my cameras + IR illuminators, but between the reflection from the eaves and cameras pointing at each other, it's just not working for me. Given the larger distances involved (30-50m usually), I want to take a different approach.
I've been able to source a bunch of 940nm LEDs (yay, no visible red lights!) and I don't mind soldering them + resistors & powering them dusk to dawn myself (either POE or using AC power with conversion, relays, etc).
My general idea is to run a whole lot of these LEDs around the edge of the eave trim, pointing back at the wall of the house. The aim being the house should then be visible on any of the cameras and maybe silhouetting would aid movement detection [and maybe later on trigger relays on normal lights, as kind of faux sensor lights]. I totally understand these tiny LEDs aren't going to achieve any kind of outward-facing flood lighting effect.
Because there would no longer be intense clusters of super-bright IR LEDs from the cameras/illuminators, I'm hoping it will be a good way to achieve some general night time lighting of the house. I have some distance all around the house to play with (10-20m), but it's flat ground - no landscaping or other fixtures to hide any lighting in.