Sorry I’ve been neglecting my blog!

I’ve been doing a lot of reading and research, as well as playing with a new toy.

Here are the top-5 items in my current project queue, sorted by priority:

1) LED backlit Rooster Project – Christmas Gift
2) High-End LED under cabinet lights – Christmas Gift
3) Rainbow LED chaser – New Toy / Fun Project
4) LEDs as Sensors – Interface Project
5) LED Matrix Display – 8×8 display modules

I’ll write more about the rainbow chaser tonight (I promise!)… The backlit rooster is just a cheezy Christmas gift I hope to do up cheap for someone who likes roosters and chickens in their kitchen decor. The high-end under cabinet lights are based on Nichia Jupiter LEDs – this project is currently in the very early design stages. I hope to get a proof of concept prototype built by xmas. LED as Sensors is sort-of stuck – I became obsessed with trying to build a large sensor array, but decided today, I don’t need a large sensor array… so I’ll regroup and start a fresh with actual application development for the sensors as I have them now, and worry about building them larger down the road. The LED matrix display will probably never get built, I just had some fun drawing up the designs… Once I priced out the cost to build them, my interest diminished (64 super flux LEDs for each module, 10-16 modules for a good sized display!).