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Offline bear24rwTopic starter

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8x16 RGB LED Coffee Table
« on: July 30, 2011, 01:24:09 am »
All the interns at Texas Instruments were challenged to build projects based around a MSP430 microcontroller. My group made a 8x16 RGB LED Coffee Table!

http://e2e.ti.com/group/msp430launchpad/m/project/447779.aspx
 

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Re: 8x16 RGB LED Coffee Table
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2011, 07:10:21 am »
nah, the wholly analogue one is much cooler  ;)
 

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Re: 8x16 RGB LED Coffee Table
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2011, 09:24:57 am »
There are two fundamental problems with LED coffee tables.
1) you don't want a mains lead to a table.
2) Tables are for putting stuff on, covering up whatever the table is doing.
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Re: 8x16 RGB LED Coffee Table
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2011, 09:31:54 am »
There are two fundamental problems with LED coffee tables.
1) you don't want a mains lead to a table.
2) Tables are for putting stuff on, covering up whatever the table is doing.

that is waht the analogue on is much more effective, it could be run on batteries for a good bit of time and does have the "resolution" that prevents you from putting stuff on it to appreciate it in fact doing so makes it work
 


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