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| | | I've made a few LED 'bricks, and am about to make some more like "Flashing towers" with some of the ??name?? tapered cones and transparent small round tops. 330 Ohms is my pick; plenty bright at about 20 Ma for most LEDs and dims nicely with "Set (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: Homemade LED Bricks —Ensio Tammi
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| | | | | Terry King <tking@together.net> wrote in message news:MPG.12968d98800...net.com... <snip> (...) Try Red/Green Bicolor LED from Radio Shack Cat. No. 276-012 <snip> et (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: Homemade LED Bricks —Arjen Gerstel
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| | | | Terry King wrote in message ... (...) Well, yes, the black brick in the pictures in my first message has a two-terminal bi-colour LED in it. These things have been widely available (in Europe) for years. They work fine with a 330 Ohms resistor too. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Homemade LED Bricks —Terry King
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| | | | I have put the copper-foil-on-standard-brick pictures up on my website; temporarily you must look at: (URL) will put up a page with more info soon as I get some other work done!! That page WILL LATER BE: (URL) Regards, Terry King ...In The Woods In (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Homemade LED Bricks —Arjen Gerstel
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| | | | | Terry, That is a very simple and elegant solution for making contacts. Where did you get the copper foil? What is it normally used for? What thickness did you use? Is it strong enough for long-term use? Questions, questions..... BTW, If you can't (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Foil Contacts, was LED Bricks —Ralph Hempel
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| | | | | Terry King wrote... (...) familiar with non-plastic crafts, copper foil is available in a number of widths from any decent craft store. It is used for making lightweight frames for small stained glass boxes. Once again, clever LEGO enthusiasts push (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Homemade LED Bricks: Web Page —Terry King
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| | | | OK, I have a preliminary page up, with most of the instructions: (URL) Really Done, this page will include: HomeMade LEGO(r) Brick Connectors: Wiring LEDs and Lamps to Rcx Outputs Programming "Blinkin' Lights" Other LEGO Light Constructions (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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