Reactive Lights

http://makezine.com/2010/04/27/programming-el-wire-fashion/ Programming EL wire fashion They link to the el sequencer, but it is a bad link, you can find out all the details about the EL Sequencer here. I can imagine so many uses for this thing! https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11323 Some really cool ideas and this step by step tutorial is really good. I try to stay away from arduino or […]

https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials While I was looking for a simple way of testing LEDs, I came across this tutorial on making a cool tester. https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/376 But then I started to check out all their tutorials and they have a really nice selection. I am going to try and cut and paste all the different categories below.

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/    

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 […]

Ok, so it has been a while since I took some electronics courses in college.  This youtube channel rocks the house when it comes to learning about electronics. Since I am learning a lot about transistors and mosfets to use as switches for a lot of my projects from driving LEDs, these tutorials really helped. ) Below is a list […]