I am working on creating a wearable watch device that I'd like to incorporate the look of a glowing el plastic (I.e http://www.adafruit.com/products/414 el plastic ). The problem is the el inverter doesn't seem to be friendly to anything that small. Is there any way of getting a cool glowing effect in a watch form factor and run from a lipoly battery?
Thanks
El plastic in embedded form factor
Moderators: adafruit_support_bill, adafruit
Please be positive and constructive with your questions and comments.
- adafruit_support_rick
- Posts: 35092
- Joined: Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:42 am
Re: El plastic in embedded form factor
Are you saying that the inverter that comes with it doesn't work if you cut the panel to the size of a watch? I've not heard of that problem.
You will have a problem with 12V, though.
You can get a glowing effect by edge-lighting a piece of frosted acrylic with LEDs. That will let you run from a LiPo.
You will have a problem with 12V, though.
You can get a glowing effect by edge-lighting a piece of frosted acrylic with LEDs. That will let you run from a LiPo.
-
- Posts: 14
- Joined: Tue Jan 21, 2014 12:02 am
Re: El plastic in embedded form factor
I've considered the frosted acrylic glass approach, my only concern was finding a very bright set of presumably smd sized led's. I'd really like for the glow to be very visible in a dark room and light a small radius around the wearer. I'm pretty much going for a scifi esque glow
- adafruit_support_rick
- Posts: 35092
- Joined: Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:42 am
Re: El plastic in embedded form factor
You can get right-angle SMD LEDs. If you mask the edges of the acrylic, you shouldn't get any spillover
Please be positive and constructive with your questions and comments.