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The real reason router lights keep blinking and what each pattern quietly signals at home

A router blinking in the corner of a living room has a way of drawing attention even when everything is working perfectly. For many households, those flashing lights create unnecessary concern, ...
EDN

Create LED-lighting patterns without a controller

This Design Idea describes a simple LED-lighting-effects circuit comprising only five chips and costing only a few dollars. When you first observe the circuit in action, you will think that it uses a ...
Overdrive

Optronics’ LED lights with shapes, patterns

Optronics’ latest 4-inch round and 6-inch oval LED stop, tail and turn lamps employ the company’s Light Guide light delivery method designed to transmit LED light from one location in the lamp to ...
Geeky Gadgets

Pixelblaze V3 wireless LED controller with pattern development engine

Electronic enthusiasts, developers and makers searching for a versatile LED controller which is Wi-Fi enabled and includes a Web-based development environment for live coding, may be interested in the ...
Hackaday

Got Fireflies? Try Talking To Them With A Green LED

[ChrisMentrek] shares a design for a simple green LED signal light intended for experiments in “talking” to fireflies. The device uses simple components like PVC piping and connectors to make ...
EDN

Philips LED bulb: Tear-down Part I (light patterns)

Philips sent me one of their 12.5W dimmable LED bulbs to evaluate. (This is Philips L-Prize entry, for those following the DOE contest. WRONG, see below.) Tear-down time! Some of you have mentioned ...
ArchDaily

LED Patterns at a Little Rock Middle School

A-Light is a manufacturer of high-performance architectural luminaires designed to elevate contemporary spaces with visual precision and minimal forms. A-Light’s Accolade D3 and D5 luminaires were ...