Reactive Lights

This guy wrote an awesome piece on making an el wire / el panel / el paper inverter. He was trying to make a pulsing inverter, instead of one that just turns on and off. http://ch00ftech.com/2012/05/14/dimming-an-el-panel-is-harder-than-it-looks/    

I think I am ready for the YOUtopia event!  It has been a lot of work, but I think I have 4 color organs – 3 different frequencies lighting up 3 oriental lanterns, 2 VU meters – 1 will be lighting up the tube shaped paper ikea floor lamp (I cut off the base and will be hanging it), and […]

Looking for a great tutorial on how to use EL Wire, solder it and more? Check out this great tutorial by LadyAya over at Adafruit. http://learn.adafruit.com/el-wire She starts off with a great FAQ, I will share some of the highlights below and then it moves on to soldering el wire and more. EL Wire does not generate heat EL wire […]

http://ch00ftech.com/2012/05/22/the-follies-of-driving-a-capacitive-load-with-an-h-bridge/ You have probably seen them before.  The cheesy looking EQ that is on a front of a shirt that looks like it is working like a EQ display, but it is actually a volume meter that lights up different parts of the panel. I love LED vu meters and was looking for something that would drive EL paper or […]

http://www.adafruit.com/?main_page=tutorials So in my research and to avoid making a bunch of new hardware that already exists, I have found that you can easily hack arduino shields and use them without any of the programmable features of the arduino. Yes, I have hacked numerous arduino shields, but still have not purchased an actual arduino yet! There is a shield available […]