[fimmel]

if your willing to modify a LED package you can control it from the digital outputs. (beware that you probably cannot use a modified one in competition) but i have hooked them up to my computer for a light show (really simple with the parralell port)

basically what you need to know is that the 5 wires are as follows

Black - Ground
Red - Control of Red LED (it will work on +5 to +12vdc, it basically turns on a transistor)
Orange - Power (+12vdc)
Blue - Control of Blue LED (it will work on +5 to +12vdc, it basically turns on a transistor)
Green - Control of Green LED (it will work on +5 to +12vdc, it basically turns on a transistor)

so basically leave the black and orange wires intact and then connect the red blue and green wires to digital outputs to turn the led on. (thats how i did it with my computer but i tapped into my computer's power supply for the 12vdc and ground, the other wires i controlled with the parallel port)

let me know if you need help

also not all of the LED modules i have seen (past years included) have working greens but they all should have red and blue)


...forest