LED Bar Sign

I was asked to make a light up bar sign.

So I did.

Here is a video of the LED items that I got.......

I'd not used these before and so had a little play with them.

I got two mini controllers, some RGB SMD5050 strips and some RGB SMD5050 pads.

Then using an old cabinet door, I planned the LED quantities I needed:

Dry fitting with masking tape:

Drilling holes to tuck the linking wires into:

Dark test:

Spot of paint.  For this I stuck little round stickers on each LED, sprayed the whole thing and then pulled the stickers off the LEDs:

Finished:.

Things you may be interest in:

1) I used 2 controllers.  One for the border and one for the BAR letters.
2) I reversed two of the coloured wires for the A.  This made the green and blue opposite which make me look quite clever.  In the photo above, all 3 are red as no green and blue are used.


Here is a video of the completed sign working:

The sign ran on a propriety 12v transformer, directly from a 240v supply.  The back was covered to hide all the wires and it was hung above the bar at Glastonbury for all to see.  I installed it Wednesday lunchtime and removed it Monday afternoon meaning that the LEDs ran non-stop for 6 days.

Working with these LEDs was easy and now I know how good these mini controllers are, I will definitely be getting some more.

I want a costume of LEDs but am concerned that too many will be too bright to look at and so I'm currently designing a costume that will have a mixture of EL wire and LEDs.

Cheers for now,

Frog xx.