{"id":1775,"date":"2014-03-09T15:01:36","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T22:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/?p=1775"},"modified":"2014-03-09T15:01:45","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T22:01:45","slug":"ludicrous-leds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/?p=1775","title":{"rendered":"Ludicrous LEDs"},"content":{"rendered":"

A little while back I was visiting a local electronics\/hobbyist store called Vetco, which has, in addition to their normally stocked new components, a selection of limited quantity new\/used items they manage to get their hands on. On this particular occasion, I ended up finding a remarkable object I couldn’t leave the store without.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0337\"<\/a>This, is a rather large, rather heavy, panel of LEDs. They’re not individually addressable like they would be for a sign. Instead it’s all red, green, and blue LEDs, that apparently made up a very high end backlight for some type of very high end display.<\/p>\n

Equally impressive, is the rear side of the panel with all the power supply components to support all those eleventy billion LEDs.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0331\"<\/a>And, for good measure, here’s a bit of a closer look at both the front and back.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0340\"<\/a>\"IMG_0343\"<\/a>It may be hard to tell from the photos, but the whole assembly is built on a block of aluminum about a half inch thick, that’s been milled out and has pipes running all through it for water cooling. Yes, it’s a giant, water cooled LED panel.<\/p>\n

Now you see why I had to bring it home… If only I had a power supply that could run it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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