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Thinkpad Hacking: LED Backlight Conversions edit / delete

"Converting a Thinkpad from a CCFL to an LED backlight is a straightforward process, though there's some DIY involved." Pretty comprehensive.

to backlight ccfl electronics inverter laptop led repair thinkpad ... on 24 August 2014

PICatout: LED scintillante edit / delete

Making your own flashing LED, with a little PIC glued to the base. This is very silly and also very impressive.

to amusements electronics led microcontroller pic ... on 09 April 2014

2,4V-StepUp-PowerLed-Treiber - LED Schaltungen, Treiber und µC - LedStyles.de edit / delete

7555-based circuit to run a string of high-power LEDs from a couple of AA cells. Very neat!

to 555 electronics led power psu ... on 18 April 2012

Simple High-Power LED Regulator edit / delete

I probably have all these bits in my junk collection.

to electronics led power psu ... on 23 March 2012

KA7OEI Optical through-the-air communications page edit / delete

Talking with light.

to amateur electronics led optoelectronics radio ... on 08 November 2009

Things to make and do. edit / delete

Mostly involving fire and/or light. Includes the Joule Thief, and how to solve the problem of the last Rolo using explosives.

to amusements electronics led pyrotechnics ... on 03 October 2009

SparkFun Electronics - LED Matrix - Dual Color - Medium edit / delete

The LED matrices Matt bought. Very pretty.

to display electronics led matrix shopping ... on 17 July 2009

expat.dyndns.org » MAX6960 LED Display edit / delete

With level-shifting, power supply, and breakout boards for the chips...

to arduino electronics led matrix research ... on 09 July 2009

austriamicrosystems AS1107 is a LED dot-matrix driver for 64LEDs or eight 7-segment digits edit / delete

Second source for the MAX7219.

to electronics led matrix research ... on 09 July 2009

QuickView - MAX7219, MAX7221 Serially Interfaced, 8-Digit, LED Display Drivers edit / delete

Drive an 8x8 LED matrix over SPI (or a similar protocol). Available in a 5V, 40-pin DIP version. There's also the MAX6960, which can do multicolour displays but needs 3.3V and is only available in fiddly-to-solder packages.

to electronics led matrix research ... on 09 July 2009