Re: Mood Light Panel - how to?
From: Clarence_A (no_at_No.com)
Date: 12/29/04
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Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 04:09:33 GMT
"Anthony Fremont" <spam@anywhere.com> wrote in message
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> "Dantanna" <wanton@want.com> wrote in message
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> > Has anyone else seen these panels out there? They are ridiculously
> 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. ;-)
>
Wow! That is a lot of LEDs! I have been buying RGY LEDs for $1.95 a hundred.
http://www.mpja.com/listitems.asp?dept=116&main=122
Lets see. $100 / $1.95 = 51+ OR 5,100 of each color. I think for a mode
light you might use 1600 per square.
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