RE: RGB lights and xAP support

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Reply trimmed Mark!!! ;)

I did solder up the boards with the exception of the PWM chips which are
surface mount. Ian Bird brought back the kits from the US and kindly
soldered these chips on for me - he did a superb job :)

These controllers are really fantastic - you can set any colour or an
animation sequence for each LED from the Java app and download it to the
board real-time or as a startup default. I'm having fun animating to and
from different colours - blue to red is nice - all at different speeds too.

The cost was a special bulk buy cost price from Gerry - approx $60 per kit
+ LED's. It was a LOT of hassle for him to organise though - especially
payment, so not sure if he's doing any more but the schematics, diagrams,
PIC code etc are all freely available on his web site :)

Paul.



> Oooh lots of complicated soldering stuff in those kits :-) Did you
make
> the boards up yourself Paul or find a willing
> helper?.........Cost?........
>
> Rob