Philips Hue Bulb Teardown

[@cinnamoROY]

It's 4:39 in the morning... can't sleep. I decided to watch some videos about Zigbee protocol, somehow I ended here. It put a smile on my face yo see you crack that plastic dome.

[@agentred8732]

The mic breathing, bro!

[@chrisleslie1988]

Red Agent agreed... I think he’s using a head set mic and it’s right over his mouth...

[@yolobro2071]

ASMR

[@MrBobWareham]

I now understand why Philips bulbs are so expensive, seeing how well-made it is, it looks well overengineered just to light some LEDs! Thanks for the video, very interesting.

[@AlT-s2s]

Dont forget they are smart bulbs that work with hue. Atleast they dont use a unknown wifi chip or are using a tuya chinese cloud. They are rf based

[@misterkota1252]

The mic breathing and the way you say Two and about. I’m Canadian and I never even heard that one before.

[@yaya2006]

.....and always there is that cool guy on youtube who will satisfy those of us who wanted to know how things work in depth. Thank you so much for this!! I was wondering how a device communicates with the bulb. I suspected that there would be some wifi communicating device on bord the bulb. Now i know there is actually a tiny motherbord inside the bulb. And definately it is not a regular tungsten filament bulb and it is LED and that is why we get color variations. No wonder why these bubls cost lot. Btw did u find the wifi communication device on the motherbord. Thank you again and although you sacrifised on expensive bulb, you have taught many of us and we appreciate that!.

[@FedericoCappelli]

Interesting video thanks, i'm thinking to create a "Philips Hue" Smart Plug attaching a relays to this board, what do you think?

[@johnsuarez1404]

Did you do it

[@FedericoCappelli]

@@johnsuarez1404 yes, a lot of time ago :P not easy to dismantle and I wasted a couple of boards in the attempts... the cost and the work involved are not justified, you have way better and cheaper options nowdays.

[@johnsuarez1404]

@@FedericoCappelli at least you have the skill, not everyone can do that crazy shit. I certainly can't and I pride myself in my DIY skills

[@columboscandela]

I sometimes like to come back to this video to get that auditory arousal of someone breathing in my ear.

[@lisaln3987]

My lamp fell over and the bottom silver part stayed inside the lamp and separated from the rest of the bulb. I see 2 wires at the bottom. Do these need to touch?

[@TrapAddict]

I need a smart bulb that I can code to receive sensor data via wifi and manipulate the bulb brightness according to the sensor data. Will this bulb be able to do that?

[@EvolvingParty]

I'd like to see what you made with it

[@jimnielsen6667]

Nice teardown. But would be cool if you had plugged it in and played with its colors a bit after you took off the plastic cap, so we could see the LEDs in action.

[@vaikkajokutyyppi]

It was white only -version of Hue bulbs..

[@user-md3is4dq2d]

Do a teardown of the LIFX A19 please, would love to see why its so large and heavy, would like to see the LEDs too

[@strong.mp4s680]

Dont do it with the e14 bulbs, their capacitors are really close to the edge and they break off if you pull the cover

[@frankthecat]

I wondered what was inside. Thanks for this video.

[@woofinu]

I never thought that the dome could be made out of plastic. I guess these bulbs must run really cool.

[@sparkequinox]

They don't, actually surprisingly hot, but the metal base does a very effective job as heatsink.

[@aidanc-oc1dd]

Michael It's the internals that get hot (e.g. the processor, motherboard) the LEDs run very cool and don't need a glass dome.

[@TheTyphoon365]

I want to try and fit one into a hemingray 42, wanna make a lamp

[@WoodstaS]

Really cool, thanks! EDIT: What's that memory chip for, and what can you do with it?

[@shortman2991]

Store functions such as When it turns off Timers etc. Btw it can also make colors change that is what the Phillips hue bulb is for

[@joshx413]

Good video. But OH MAN, That breathing!!!

[@davelowe1977]

What is all that crap for? LEDs are constant current devices. The bulb only needs three components, a bridge rectifier, a capacitor and a resistor.

[@Sizifus]

There's flyback circuit for AC to DC and voltage transformation. Also it probably has buck-boost converter circuits in there, no idea why it would need boost circuit though. LED and resistor matrix is not reliable for longevity. Higher quality LED strips use ICs for CC to power parallel LEDs if thats the case here. Also, there's dimmer circuit and antenna and communication circuits in there as well. There's plenty of crap put there to make it "smart"

[@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY]

100V - 240V?

[@georgehertz8548]

* heavy breathing *

[@sebastianlichon1066]

Can you actually connect different LED(s) to this board and control it as a hue light bulb? if so what's the max wattage it can take?

[@WackyRacer]

Was there ever any answers to the two questions?

[@xXSubZeroGamesXx]

A guy uploaded this video. Looks like an old version but I doubt the diodes themselves were changed. Perhaps some one with a better eye for detail could tell the forward voltage and whatnot kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5jCeqpqrt-coqs

[@Blowyourmind2020]

What is the out put voltage 12VDC or 24VDC..

[@mjyanimations1062]

240/110v ac. it has built in psu. the chips on board run at 3v and 5v

[@Millsy8740]

brutal

[@MrMari]

So hard to watch

[@H37Z3US]

Hello Kermit

[@m4inline]

Hahahaha!! Well noticed.

[@NextinWebMalayalam]

is it possible to modify it to work with 12V DC ?

[@ColinOFlynn]

In earlier bulbs there is a separate "led board" and "power board". This one is integrated, so you'd have to feed DC in somewhere within the circuit. But it also used a higher voltage (30-40V) IIRC so would need to step up 12V first...