On a sunny day (Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:26:49 -0700) it happened John Larkin wrote in :
I have seen PC cases full of blue LEDs with transparent sides... LEDs are nice, but for example I have taped of the LEDs in my PIC programmer, my HiFi power amp, and my monitor, as all are blinding. Maybe if we wait a bit we will be able to get adhesive organic graphic LED strips that can replace your front-panel text, sort of a live front-panel. Maybe I should patent the idea :-)
Are all three the same style, or are they, in SF tradition, all different? If (B), then I say build a gargoyle or something. ;-)
Cheers! Rich
Digikey has them, for about $2. It's a dual, so we only need one. There is a bit of light bleed through the central moulded bridge thing.
John
Cool. After chasing down a real drawing (DigiKey's info sucks), they aren't as big as it looked in the picture. I'll have to keep those in mind (and add a couple of samples to my next order).
Here are some home-made light pipes:
ftp://66.117.156.8/PH200_A.JPG
ftp://66.117.156.8/PH200_B.JPG
These let us put LEDs on the top of the box, but still slide the cover off. We had to have that big aluminum block anyhow.
John
Thanks!
strips that
To make an adhesive OLED front-panel, one that you could drill through (make holes in), each pixel needs to communicate with the pixel next to it using packets that hold pixel address and color.
You cannot use a matrix. Top side transparent metallic as RF screen. Bottom side isolated, but with perhaps some extension for power and connections.
Layers should be self-healing so drilling or cutting holes would not short anything.
Usenet patent Copyright 2011-always Jan Panteltje. I like the packet idea :-)
Nice!
Next to the cost of machining that slug of aluminum, a little light pipe doesn't hurt. ;-)
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