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| It's often used for costuming, decoration, accent lighting, safety vests, bicycle/motorcycle/car/boat/home decoration, signs, etc. It's definitely the most popular wearable electronics we've seen since its so easily to use. | It's often used for costuming, decoration, accent lighting, safety vests, bicycle/motorcycle/car/boat/home decoration, signs, etc. It's definitely the most popular wearable electronics we've seen since its so easily to use. | ||
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| + | We have two EL project tutorials - the [[http://www.ladyada.net/make/tronbag/|TRON-inspired bag]] and the [[http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2012/03/19/how-to-el-wire-couch-video/|EL wire party couch]]! | ||
| [[http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=50|You can pick up some high-brightness, long-life EL wire and inverters at the Adafruit shop]] | [[http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=50|You can pick up some high-brightness, long-life EL wire and inverters at the Adafruit shop]] | ||
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| *The AA inverter works best with fresh batteries, but you can use rechargables - it'll just be dimmer because the input voltage is lower. | *The AA inverter works best with fresh batteries, but you can use rechargables - it'll just be dimmer because the input voltage is lower. | ||
| *The capacitance 'load' of the EL is required to stabilize the inverter so **never run the inverter without at least 1 foot of EL attached!** | *The capacitance 'load' of the EL is required to stabilize the inverter so **never run the inverter without at least 1 foot of EL attached!** | ||
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| + | **Please note! EL tape, EL wire and EL panel are made with different processes and so the color and brightness will not be consistant between the two: aqua tape, aqua wire and aqua panels will not necessarily match!** | ||
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| ==== Soldering to EL wire ==== | ==== Soldering to EL wire ==== | ||
| [[http://www.ladyada.net/images/el-wire/elcloseup.jpg|{{ http://www.ladyada.net/images/el-wire/elcloseup_t.jpg?nolink&500x150 |}}]] | [[http://www.ladyada.net/images/el-wire/elcloseup.jpg|{{ http://www.ladyada.net/images/el-wire/elcloseup_t.jpg?nolink&500x150 |}}]] | ||
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