El wire, Arduino and AC power supply

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El wire, Arduino and AC power supply

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I'm a electronics newbie, I am interested in wiring an el wire to an Arduino and powering it through a wall outlet for a project. I was wondering how to go about choosing the appropriate wall outlet and any additional things I need to before attempting this.

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Re: El wire, Arduino and AC power supply

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Can you explain a little more what you want to do with the EL Wire and Arduino? I take it you are planning to control the wire from the Arduino. How many sections of wire do you want to control?

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Re: El wire, Arduino and AC power supply

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I want to dim the light using a photo-sensor

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Re: El wire, Arduino and AC power supply

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The closest thing we have to that is a sound activated inverter: http://www.adafruit.com/products/831
You could probably hack it to respond to light levels instead of sound levels, but we don't have any tutorials on the subject.

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Re: El wire, Arduino and AC power supply

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Sorry I guess I wasn't clear in my question. I want to know how to size and implement an ac power supply?

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I want to know how to size and implement an ac power supply?
The first thing you need to do is define the voltage and current requirements for your project.

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