Re: Mood Light Panel - how to?

From: Clarence_A (no_at_No.com)
Date: 12/29/04

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    "Anthony Fremont" <spam@anywhere.com> wrote in message
    news:88pAd.16344$wD4.10876@fe1.texas.rr.com...
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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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