MOTM

daveb@... writes:

>>However, Paul's concerns are legitimate. I'm building 2 step sequencers now
 (which I am naming Larry and Moe; Paul's DOMOAS sequencer when it comes out
 will be named Curly, nyuk nyuk). These will have 11 LEDs each, and I'm
 placing them on separate regulators<<

When I was in college I designed and built a 16 bit CPU (130 chips wire 
wrapped so densely it looked like a birds nest) that was packed with LEDs.   
I was going for the look of the minicomputers of the time, with rows of data, 
address and status LEDs.  My memory of electronics is kind of rusty now, but 
I think I strobed them with a 555 timer which reduces the current your device 
will draw.  And by varying the pulse width using a pot, it also acts as a 
dimmer control.

-Elhardt