<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Definitely wait until after Winterlude and for warmer weather then. No rush!<div><br></div><div>What I'll probably do then is order a small quantity and a couple of inverters (one to use as-is and the other to hack for audio-modulation) from Adafruit to get started with proof-of-concept. See <a href="http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=50">http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=50</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Andrew.</div><div><br><div><div>On 2011-01-05, at 2:47 PM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 11:59:32AM -0500, Andrew Plumb wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Hey Richard,<br></blockquote><br>Hi Andrew,<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Will you be able to make it out this evening?<br></blockquote><br>I hope so.<br><br><blockquote type="cite">If you have any of that EL wire left, I'd be interested in buying some<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">lengths of each colour from you. I'm curious to see if short lengths<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">could be used to hook up piezo elements (the 90V type) for active and<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">passive sensing, actuation and "visible sound" projects.<br></blockquote><br>Interesting!<br><br>How much of each colour are you seeking? Will you need a driver?<br>I have 175' of blue, 165' green and 80' red, cut up in lengths of 50' or<br>less. The drivers are good for 25-50', but if you have less than 25' of<br>wire, the driver could be loaded with an appropriate capacitive load<br>(maybe even resistive).<br><br>It is still all connected to the parade float in the garage. The end of<br>season pretty much happenned around the parade, so I had no great need<br>to dismantle the float and I've just had a suggestion to try and work<br>something out for Winterlude. It would be better I suspect to remove it<br>once it warms up to avoid the possibility of cracking it. The cold<br>itself shouldn't be an issue if it isn't moved and it is protected from<br>UV.<br><br><br><blockquote type="cite">Andrew.<br></blockquote><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>slainte mhath, RGB<br><br>--<br>Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <<a href="http://hpv.tricolour.net">hpv.tricolour.net</a>><br><<a href="http://www.TriColour.net">www.TriColour.net</a>> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike!<br>Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\%<br>Vote! -- <<a href="http://greenparty.ca">greenparty.ca</a>>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Lab mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Lab@artengine.ca">Lab@artengine.ca</a><br>http://artengine.ca/mailman/listinfo/lab<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>
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