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AlanS17:
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--- 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?
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AlanS17,
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SlikStik Christian:
--- Quote from: Buddabing on July 11, 2005, 04:59:33 pm ---
--- 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.
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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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Buddabing,
Thanks for the information. I have listed the LED info below;
We use super bright LEDs and have pre tested them at 2.0v - 3.5v / 20mA with no issues. The current setup in use uses a 100 ohm resistor which when tested on a 5v source provides more than enough power.
I did not name the exact led driver boards in my previous post, but if yours will not work with the above specs please let me know and I will exclude it from any forward statements.
Toonces:
Ok, the site says get ready to order them when they are released on 7/16/2005. I waited for 2 hours at 12:01 last night while getting my son the new Harry Potter book and the link to buy never showed up on the site. Where are they? I'm ready now! :laugh:
At least there aren't 2,000 other people dressed in various arcade costumes waiting in line before me. Or maybe there are.....
SlikStik Christian:
They are now available.
JustMichael:
So where is the video of the color morphing stick?
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