Re: Mood Light Panel - how to?

From: Anthony Fremont (spam_at_anywhere.com)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 03:03:32 GMT

"Dantanna" <wanton@want.com> wrote in message
news:nioAd.37721$mA3.28066@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
> Has anyone else seen these panels out there? They are ridiculasly
priced at
> over $400 for a 2x2 ft. square panel made up of 4 cubes. The cubes
change
> colors and I am interested in understanding what kind of light they
are
> using. Any thoughts by the pros?
>
> The plastic cubes look opaque and the light is supposedly LED. I
think the
> circuit would be the hardest part to recreate.

Then they are probably RGB LEDs under a translucent. You could build
your own with a $2 PIC chip, some code, three $1 mosfets, some resistors
and about $300 worth of RGB LEDs. ;-)