Creality Falcon2 Pro Housing Light Addition

Falcon2 Pro Collection

This is hardware to help add lighting to the top of the Falcon2 Pro laser cutter without wiring into the existing circuitry. This uses a USB powered light strip cut in to (4) 200mm sections with a prebuilt photo sensor module. This helps get rid of the shadows which the factory front mounted LED strip creates. Makes it easier to view your items while lining things up.

This uses a photo sensor module that activates when light hits it. I mounted the sensor in the housing on the factory LED strip(butt up against the right side of the strip so your laser head clears it when hitting the X and Y limit switches.. When you turn on that Falcon2 Pro enclosure light, it triggers the module to switch on the LEDs powered via this module(turn on / turn off delay is around 1/5 a second if that). I was pondering wiring in the LEDs to the existing light circuit but had no clue if the circuit could handle it. This way, no worries!

LED Strip - in order to solder these, scrape off the rubber covering of the copper contacts and gently scrape the top layer off the copper else you can't solder to these pads. Use some flux to help the solder flow/adhere to the pad. I used hot glue on the ends of the LED strips to help keep them in place.

Light Sensor - light on during the day is the model you need. This is hot glued into the housing.

The housing and strip holders are mounted using double sided tape.

Used some male/female power connectors so I can disconnect to work on if needed.

I used a dremel on a slow speed to drill out a hole to pass my wiring connectors to.