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Led strips
- Thread starter Cryptkeeper
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Unless you;re after a load of these they are only cheap and surely a few could be imported with no customs??
EDIT - just seen the postage - Scrap that remark!!
EDIT - just seen the postage - Scrap that remark!!
Why don't you ask andy dreads he uses them strips he may sell you some
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Thanks I'll ask Andy.
The postage is Savage.
40 dollars or something
The postage is Savage.
40 dollars or something
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got a link?
I cant see any 6v ones?
Not the answer your looking for but comet pinball's shipping to the UK is very reasonable when ordered direct from their website, just $14. I've used them 2 or 3 times. Always marks package as value $20 and no invoice included. Been lucky so far dodging import duty.
Sorry, I've no direct links to alternative suppliers but surely possible to get something from China? Hell, it's all made there anyway! And if it needs adapting from 12V to 6V or similar then it's just a case of changing a resistor. No, seriously, that simple - not like the infamous "probably just a fuse" on an eBay ad 
But thank you, because this got me to thinking about what to do with a roll and a half (about 7.5m) of analogue RGB LED strip. My son got some for Christmas and I fitted a couple of meters, and the controller, into his gaming PC which has a transparent side panel. This is a critical upgrade for every 10-year old gamer and the ability to remotely control the flash pattern and speed is vital to top gaming performance!
I've got a Raspberry Pi kicking about and I found this:
http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/5231/controlling-a-12v-rgb-led-strip-with-the-gpio
So, it's totally possible to drive the colour-changing LED strip from the Pi - now I need to interface it to the pinball machine to somehow pick-up the in-game activity so it can change the colours in a sympathetic manner.
But thank you, because this got me to thinking about what to do with a roll and a half (about 7.5m) of analogue RGB LED strip. My son got some for Christmas and I fitted a couple of meters, and the controller, into his gaming PC which has a transparent side panel. This is a critical upgrade for every 10-year old gamer and the ability to remotely control the flash pattern and speed is vital to top gaming performance!
I've got a Raspberry Pi kicking about and I found this:
http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/5231/controlling-a-12v-rgb-led-strip-with-the-gpio
So, it's totally possible to drive the colour-changing LED strip from the Pi - now I need to interface it to the pinball machine to somehow pick-up the in-game activity so it can change the colours in a sympathetic manner.
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Good luck with that.
Ended up ordered 40 euros worth from comet directly. Should be interesting!
Ended up ordered 40 euros worth from comet directly. Should be interesting!