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Unread 07-06-2005, 09:38
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Re: Lighting projects for robots

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Originally Posted by mechanicalbrain
in answer to some confusion el lights are just like neon tubes but extremely thin and flexible. mounting neon tubes to our robot had no adverse effects. we had a amazing underglow and we ran a homemade ropelight through our nylon tubing (the type found in computer stores. highly recomended for wire organizing especaily when you need a lot of cable to reach) and it looked amazing.
EL lamps usually have a high voltage AC power supply and I would think that the close proximity with analog wiring might cause some problems for control. Please be careful when handling these devices. (The power supply readiates as well.)

Kevin,
Have you tried connecting a bi-color LED to a PMW output to vary intensity and color? (Assuming that you can reverse polarity of the PWM)
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