2007 Projects
2007 will see a lot of new features, including the ability to be able to DIM lights rather than just blinking on and off.
A new sign is also in the works to display greetings, radio 'Tune To' info, and some animated graphices as well.
Here's a sneak peek of what's coming.
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Mock up of LedTriks Panel. The actual LE.....
Mock up of LedTriks Panel. The actual LED Panel will be 16 lines of 48 LED's wide.
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Partial construction of the LedTriks con.....
Partial construction of the LedTriks controller for the LED Panel. Awaiting some IC's. New for 2007.
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Partial construction of the REN-C Board......
Partial construction of the REN-C Board. This will allow the current ON/OFF hardware to be dimmable. New for 2007.
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The completed LED panel. 16 rows of 48 L.....
The completed LED panel. 16 rows of 48 LED's. Total of 768 LED's, mounted in black painted masonite pegboard.
The exterior housing is still to be constructed.
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Another view of the LED Panel.....
Another view of the LED Panel
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Rear view. That's a lot of soldering.
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Rear view. That's a lot of soldering.
Each rows Anodes are all soldered to each other (48 Anodes per row) and each columns Cathodes are soldered to each other (16 Cathodes per column).
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Close up of the soldering. Notice the ga.....
Close up of the soldering. Notice the gaps between the wires going in the different directions at the base of each LED. This is critical to make sure that there are no short circuits.
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Do It Yourself Christmas Logo.
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Do It Yourself Christmas Logo.
A great place to learn how to Do This Yourself!
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