Re: 19,008 LEDs on the wall, 19,008 LEDs

Wow! That's all I can say.

Soldering done, now "time to make the drivers". Do you plan on playing the
worlds largest game of Pong when you're done? ;)


Henry S. Courbis
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"logjam" <grant@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I thought you guys might like an update on the project:
>
> I finished soldering all the LEDs on Saturday and spent Sunday mounting
> all the boards. Pictures of the size of this thing at the bottom!
>
> All 19008 LEDs have been tested. Not a single LED was bad.
>
> Here is a picture and weight of 39584 LED legs: (yes, I saved them for
> the purpose of weighing them. ;) )
> http://www.stockly.com/images2/060129-Weight_of_39584_Legs_2696.jpg
>
> 1565g!
>
> Here is the display from the front:
> http://www.stockly.com/images2/060129-LED_Display_Front_2718.jpg
>
> and back:
> http://www.stockly.com/images2/060129-LED_Display_Back_2716.jpg
>
> I have to admit, its huge. It wasn't so big in the drafting program on
> my computer screen! Even I only discovered how big it was after all
> the LEDs were soldered and I was placing them on the table for
> drilling. WOW...
>
> They're attached to an 81x34.5 piece of 1/4" plexiglass.
>
> So, did you think this was really going to happen? ;)
>


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