From: "Marcel duchamp" Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 10:22 AM > Get in on the ground floor now. Be prepared to develop and market > incandescent lamps to a future market that has converted to LEDs. > > "Recapture that warm feeling formerly only associated with vacuum tube > amplifiers. Don't let them make YOU use those harsh, cold semiconductors!" You've got this right on the nose. Nixie tubes....Vacuum tube amplifiers...Incandescent lamps. I find the direction this thread took amusing. The original LED board I built that started the discussion has a controller that turns it on to full brightness over 5 minutes so you don't have a sharp light blaring to life, and should barely notice it as it comes on. Not quite the same as simulating an incandescent's slow turn on, but still... :) -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist