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AlanS17:
Wow, I wish I wasn't too lazy to wiring the lighting...

SlikStik Christian:
JustMichael,

  They will be up this week on the website; we are just completing the web page for them.

Scoobie,

  Since the T-stick/plus has a screw in the end of the shaft, that disables our anti-twist system and they will not work like the other sticks. For that reason we will not be manufacturing our lighted sticks for them.

NY_in_TX,

  The handles will retail for an introductory price of $29.95ea for 30 days, after that they will go up slightly.

They will also work with the many led driver boards that are being released. They can be wired directly into the driver boards just like the lighted buttons and be included in the attract mode or other lighting sequences that customers can program.

AlanS17:
Do the handles come with wiring and LED's? Or are we responsible for figuring that out on our own?

SlikStik Christian:

--- Quote from: AlanS17 on July 11, 2005, 04:39:52 pm ---Do the handles come with wiring and LED's? Or are we responsible for figuring that out on our own?

--- End quote ---

AlanS17,

   Yes they come with everything. The handles have a self contained LED and anti-twist system. Plug and Play, nothing more.

Buddabing:

--- Quote from: SlikStik Christian on July 11, 2005, 04:35:00 pm ---
They will also work with the many led driver boards that are being released. They can be wired directly into the driver boards just like the lighted buttons and be included in the attract mode or other lighting sequences that customers can program.

--- End quote ---

Before you make a blanket statement like that I should ask some questions to make sure your your handles are compatible with my LED controller.

Do you have a resistor in series with the light source? What ohms?

What is the maximum current your LED can take?

I don't anticipate any problems. I am indeed supporting lit joysticks in my software. There are some limitations of my hardware, however.

Limitation #1: Current is limited to 24 milliamps maximum.
Limitation #2: The total voltage drop over your LED and any resistor is limited to 4.4 volts maximum.

These limitations may limit the value of your series resistor if you have one. For example, let's say the voltage drop over your LED is 2.4 volts, a typical value. Limitation #2 says that the voltage drop over your resistor, therefore, is less than 2.0 volts:

Ohm's law says V=IR. Limitation #2 says IR<V, or (24 mA)R < 2.0.
Solving for R gives R< 83 ohms.

For larger LED voltage drops, the series resistor must be even lower. The ultrabright white LEDs I use drop 3.2 volts. This makes IR < 0.8 volts, or R < 33 ohms.

Regards,
Buddabing

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