[Swansea Hackspace] An even led glow approx 2" diameter

[Emyr Morris]

I've kept loads of those washing machine liquid balls, they are lovely
diffusers, always thought they would be great to place a LED inside...

On 3 November 2014 23:09, Emyr Morris <em at preseli.com> wrote:

> I used the DISCO lamp from B&Q - they had a 9 LED version but they seem to
> have discontinued that, they do still have a 3 LED version.
>
> I ripped out the random RGB LEDs and replaced them with ADDRESSABLE RGB
> LEDs...
>
> I brought it along to SWAMP
>
> This is the 3LED one
>
>
> http://www.diy.com/departments/lights-by-bq-disco-3-balls-led-table-lamp/212365_BQ.prd
>
> not cheep, but it is stylish and sits nicely in my office.
>
> I must admit I bought mine when it was reduced in the Jan Sales.
>
> On 3 November 2014 22:31, Graham Owens <grahamowensuk at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I decided im going to use this new fangled arduino uno to make a 'Status'
>> indicator next to me tv to alert me to some key information.
>>
>> the tv is 50" so im thinking something like a pod with 3x 2" diameter
>> circles for indication to put on the top right of the tv, just above the
>> edge.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas how to get a nice even glow from leds over a 2
>> inch area, im trying to avoid bright spots in it.  I would normally use
>> something like EL sheet for this, but dont have any left - i do however
>> have a big bag of white leds.  Any suggestions how to lay them out, do i
>> light from the back or sides?  has anyone done anything similar?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Graham
>>
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