<head><style>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;}</style></head><body id="compText">How many total LEDs, and how many individual LED circuits?<br>Are you tied to a specific Linux box?<br>What languages are you proficient in?<br>How big is the layout?<br><br>The answers to the above questions will help narrow down some recommendations...<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px;">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Greg Brown <gwbrown1@gmail.com>
<br>Sent: Dec 11, 2008 11:14 AM
<br>To: Technical discussion related to Linux and Open Source <trilug-ontopic@trilug.org>
<br>Subject: [Trilug-ontopic] need to program a series of LED lights
<br><br>Using an embedded Linux box I'd like program a string of tri-state LED lights. I'd like to synchronize the lights to music (this is for a miniature town a friend is building for God only knows why).<br><br>I have *NO IDEA* how to go forward with this and I further have no idea how the embedded computer would interface with the lights to turn them on/off/colors. <br>
<br>Has anybody done anything like this? What did you do and how did you do it? Did you look the LEDs up to a serial port and set pin voltages? What language did you use? C? Java? <br><br>Any pointers would be greatly appreaciated.<br>
<br>Greg<br><br>
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