I’m making a custom built lightsaber that will be controlled by an Arduino Micro (for controlling the LEDs for the blade scroll effect). Question: I plan on making the blade out of 90+ LEDs which will be wired in parallel down the length of the blade. The LEDs have a forward voltage of 20mA. So if …

LED Lightsaber Build Power/Driver Question

system April 9, 2014, 10:10pm 3

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