BLUEEEE Re: [sdiy] Latest project completed!

[harrybissell]

Well I've been thinking about replacing an incandescent bulb with an LED...

you know... the one in my Wien-Bridge Oscillator...     :^P

H^) harry

Tom Arnold wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 05:19:54PM -0500, Tony Clark wrote:
> >    Heh, thanks for posting the link!  I did replace the 3 LED's with the
> > same blue LED's that I used for the wheels.  I just didn't mention it
> > since swapping LED's is pretty straight forward.  :P
>
> This thread is kinda amusing since I now routinly replace annoying Blue
> LED's with nice red or green ones.  Yellow if I really want them to stand
> out.
>
> Then again, the only time I riced out a computer case we did the full neon
> treatment, a type-r sticker, and a fake wing and exhaust pipe on the back...
>
> Blue LEDs were cool 3 or 4 years ago when they were still rare-ish and
> expensive, but now they're showing up in toasters.  Its over. :-)
>
> Maybe we can start a thread on which vintage red LEDs look the best.  I like
> the warm glow of the older Fairchild LEDs, I think the new Liteon's and
> others out of china look too harsh, and when you drive one with a PWM ( ie :
> digital control ) they just dont look right either!
>
> Now a Photonphile needs to speak up about how we're all wrong and neon
> bulbs or good ol incandescent bulbs look he best [1]
>
> Okay okay, I've been in front of the bench too long today....
>
> [1] I'll admit, I use neon indicators quite a bit for That Look.  Only visual
> mod my Minimoog has is I changed its bulb from Red lens to Yellow lens...
>
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