2 MILES??? as in 5280 feet MILES??? What are they going to do with it - signal aliens on Arcturus? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave King" To: Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [EE]: big led display (kind of) > This isn't quite the same problem but the title still fits. I'm working on > a real big LED > display that's on the order of 2 miles long. Think of it as the worlds > longest Christmas > tree light string. When my mouth opened it yap and said "oh yah I can do > that" my > brain wasn't paying too much attention. Now I need to find a way to power > this "thing" > so it works without making the smoke come out of something. Right now I'm > thinking > along the lines of using a Pic controlled switching power supply to > generate pwm and > slowly ramping things up. I'm sure I need to have several feed points but > I'd like to be > sure. > > Anyway I was wondering if anyone has run across any good information on > working with > something this sized. I've got a few ideas on it but I'd like to be a bit > more sure before I > start. > > Cheers > > Dave > > > The only thing that helps me maintain my slender grip on reality is the > friendship I share > with my collection of singing potatoes > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads