Control of Decorations (Led displays)

[WizenedEE]

You can build whatever custom circuit you want to control decorations and non-motors, is what our team decided. Rule <R04> (I think) says you cannot control "output devices" with custom circuits or COTS electronics. We decided that LEDs are not output devices.

If you want to use spikes, you can easily control each of the two leads directly, so that's LEDs per spike. See this thread: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=89207

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Adam,
It's R03. The 9403 data I/O module is directly connected to the digital side car I/O and the sum of all outputs cannot exceed 64 ma. Using the digital outputs for LEDs is not a good idea. I believe that a high current LED driver would be legal as a custom circuit provided it does not violate any other rule, specifically electrical rules. Spikes are still the best alternative as far as ease of use, interface and wiring.