A question on LEDs

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A question on LEDs

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Is it possible to put LEDs in your case (with a window) and have the lights blink on and off while your comp is on??? (the ligts are in the case and seen through the window)

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yea.. thats simple... putting them in and making them ligh up. now making them "blink" could be simple to, if all of them are to do it at once.

I am the person around here to talk to if you need LEDs. Im out of them at the moment, but i will have some more in a few weeks, you might want to use some of my colorchanging LEDs in your case.

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How much do the LED's cost???

Are they cheap

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He wants them to blink one after the other. That, i think, will be pretty challenging...

I'm not sure where it was. But, i saw these little LED things that stuck anywhere and could swivel in any direction, shining on anything. I could probably figure it out when i get home.
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the color changing ones will run about... 2.5-3 dollars each. Im getting ready to make a large purchase and havent gotten the bulk rates back yet. Most of my other regular leds are anywhere from .10 to 1.00 each.

and if you want sequentual i have a little doodad that will make 10 leds flash in sequence. a chacer of you will.
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Tell me more about the sequence ones
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How much for a chaser?

I like the Couger I just got and am planning to do some modding on it :)

Emblems, leather work, LEDS :) maybe some cathodes?

Chrome and Gold plating too.
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Ok.. the chacer circut comes as a kit or i can put most of it together and all youd have to do is add LEDs.

in kit form they are 10 dollars... and assembled... well lest say 15-20 dollars total (not including leds attached.)

You can take the leds and mount them and run wires back to the circuit. if you want to do somthing for a car let me know... they need to be limited to around 9V but i can make it work. let me know what you have in mind and ill tell you if its possible.
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its fairly cheap to have em just blink right-not chaser- i mean i got a set of blinking high ouput leds that screw on my motorcycle tires for only like 5.00 :-) (tires flys) and they look awesome
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Ya, you can get valve cap leds at Wally world mart in various colors.

They are motion activated, packed on little cards and stuck on a hanger strip on the side of a shelf unit.
I always like to go by and give em a slap, watch all those cards start flashing all over the place :)

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I kinda wonder if I could bust one open and replace the color led inside with a UV led instead? Might be a cool effect.
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Pugsley,
Can you send me a pic of the kit and parts, and maybe any instructions.
I'll see what I can figure out to do with one. I should have some leds I could use it on soon :)

Oh ya, did you get em mailed yet or maybe on Teusday since monday a holiday?
Just got back online again today, didn't find any new emails.
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um yea... im lookin at them now. ill have them sent out tuesday.

And they do make flashing LEDs. they cost like a buck or somthing like that. i can probbly get them cheaper... id have to look.
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Say, whats the specs on the leds, like 1.5 volt or 2v?
I'll most likely be running off 12v so I figure I'll have to wire in series or drop the volts somehow.
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umm... the reds are 2 for shure. the UV.. i duno. i still havent hooked them to 5V to see if they pop. ill do that and let you know... if not just assume somthing like 2.5
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Ok,
If you got a camcorder with zoom might want to set it up to watch if it pops.

I saw a short video once with an led exploding, kinda cool, bad video though wasn't that great.
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