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« on: October 26, 2011, 01:27:22 am »
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Here's a new project I just finished. It's a giant Ambilight-style LED system for backlighting a 58" plasma TV. I'm running Linux and using boblightd and boblight-X11 to send the color information to an Arduino Uno. There are 18 independent zones, each with a Satellite S-001 module, controlled by OctoBars. You know your typical ultrabright 20mA LED? Blinding to look into directly? This is the same light output as 900 of those. http://macetech.com/blog/node/113
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« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2011, 12:15:47 pm »
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I never got Ambilight...until now!
Brilliant (literally)
Well done!
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« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2011, 06:37:08 pm »
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Super cool!  smiley-grin smiley-grin smiley-grin

I've seen other versions of this at a much less scale and effect of course. You did a great job!

Now, the annoying thing is the black edge of the TV. Wish it were not there.  smiley-yell
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« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2011, 08:40:22 pm »
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I thought ambilight was to compensate for LCD's not having a true black.. Not really an issue with Plasma.. Good project though.
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« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2011, 11:38:46 pm »
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Neat project, well done. Not sure I like the effect tho.
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