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Make your own (dim) LED

Want to make an LED yourself? All you need is some Silicon Carbide, a sharp piece of metal, and a 12V power supply (and maybe a couple resistors to limit current). You can see the faint glow at the tip of the needle touching the SiC. Via HackADay

Posted 17 May 2009 † brettinman § Interesting Links ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Intelligent Control of Woot-Off Lights

Please see the WootOff Lights Project category for the most up-to-date posts about this project. Occasionally, Woot has extravaganzas where they post item after item in what is known as a woot-off. Little .gif lights spin round and round to alert visitors to this spectacle. Playing on this, Woot occasionally sells physical woot-off lights. They [...]

Posted 16 May 2009 † brettinman § Arduino § Woot-Off Lights Project ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,