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| Mysterioii:
BTW that's beautiful work Nephasth, in fact so much so that I may totally rip it off... ;D Not intentionally of course, I'm just trying to think of something to do with my cab. I've just got a mameroom.com Ultimate Arcade II kit with no artwork on it yet. It's very plain, and of course comes with that black finish. Rather than slap on some printed artwork I've been trying to think up something else I can do, and the cutout images floating off the surface with backlighting like yours has been in my mind for a while now. I hate to rip off the space invaders theme but the monochrome nature of it is appealing to me and simplifies things a bit for me since I'm not very artistic. I'm toying around with maybe asteroids or even Galaga or Galaxian or something. Dunno. But I like the idea of doing something a little sculptural rather than printed artwork, and of course LEDs are great... :lol Heck as a kid I really loved Mappy but for some reason I don't think a big standoff Mappy cutout with LEDs behind him would really be the look I was looking for... ;D |
| mrclean:
IKEA: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50192365/ |
| CoryBee:
You could be right on that, let me get this straight though. You are saying that there are 3 separate LEDs for RBG very..very close together, or that the each light I see is one LED of R, B, or G. I noticed I have been leading a bid for what I think is the kind you claim. http://www.ebay.com/itm/320945817755?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1426.l2649 But the images in the auctions I already won make me think that I bought the addressable. Don't think you can get blending like this with the non addressable. Could be wrong. And here is a picture of what I am currently bidding on that I believe is not addressable (wish I had this convo sooner) |
| Mysterioii:
Well, RGB LEDs are technically three separate LEDs squeezed really close together in a single package with either a common anode or a common cathode, but what I'm talking about is that I think the cheap ones use separate LEDs not particularly close together at all... Like a red LED, two inches later a green one, two inches later a blue one. Some of the auctions will include (small) pictures of the primary colors and you can see that they're spread out like that. I think usually the addressable ones will come out and say "addressable" in the auction, and close pics (if they include any) should reveal the controller ICs built into the strip, like in this auction: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1m-RGB-LED-Light-Strip-5V-WS2801-Bonus-32-LEDs-Waterproof-Addressable-Color-/160810882132?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2571135454#ht_3184wt_1165 The top couple of pics in your last post MAY be addressable or maybe not... the top pic looks like pink/purple but it may really just be "red on, blue on, green off"... the halos in the black background around each led look more like pure red and blue. The wire in the last picture makes me think it's not addressable, too. Notice it's a red, green and blue wire.... Addressable strips don't have separate color lines, they would be hooked up more like "power, data, clock, ground"..... Of course they COULD have been using any color of wire to make the hookups but generally when I see separate red, green and blue wires I presume that each line is being used to drive it's respective color. The ikea module looks like it could be fine for under-cabinet lighting.... the addressable strips (and the driver chips themselves as well as the "christmas tree light" strands that are available) offer a lot more flexibility should you want to get creative with things. ;D Basically I think sellers know what they have there and they know that truly addressable strips are more desirable (and legitimately more expensive because of the dedicated IC every couple of inches) so they tend to go out of their way to point out that they're addressable. If they don't spell it out, I start looking really closely at the pics (and the price). I don't think they go out of their way to point out that their strips are NOT addressable or that they use separate LEDs for each color... |
| CoryBee:
Very valid points! Will be taking some nice Macro shots when I receive them in the coming days. Glad i had this conversation. I am just about 100% sure the auction that I am still in is non-addressable, the verdict is still out on the 3 RGB I already purchased. { EDIT: Upon further inspection of the 3 RGB strips I bought, I have came to the conclusion that you were right they are non-addressable. A quick zoom in on all of the pictures shows that only one or two of the LEDs are lit at once. CURSE YOU BUZZ-LIGHTYEAR!!!!!! :angry: } Nephasth - Epic work on that cab, I have been lurking about watching your progress. Also great to know that those Non-Addressable one work with a MAME compatible LED controller. If I win this new auction I might have to go that route with my arcade. |
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