Interactive LED panels
Interactive LED panels are black 300mm sq circuit boards filled super bright LEDs that respond to stimulus provided by human interaction or general movement. They can be used as interactive art on your wall, or tucked under glass to make your own interactive LED coffee table or bar. They are also very therapeutic and are of great value for people with learning difficulties and special needs.
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The LEDs in the panels are normally dim and constant - the most you’ll see in a dark room is a faint glow of twinkling like the night sky. But when you set your glass down on an interactive table, the table ‘sees’ the motion, and induces a slight ripple starting in that location and then slowly dissipates. The overall effect is a bit like touching a pool of water, in that your local disturbance turns into an overall gentle rippling, and eventually settles down. It is decidedly not a disco floor - there is not any blinking, programmed oscillations, or for that matter, any digital electronics at all - the circuitry is completely analog for improved aesthetics and reduced eyestrain.
The panels work well under clear or frosted glass or plastic surfaces, and work in light conditions from darkness to sunlight.
New Design and How They Work
The circuit board panels are black, 12" x 12"(~30.5 cm) square, with 80 super bright white LEDs arranged on a regular grid. Each circuit board panel has four motion sensor nodes, each of which controls 20 of the LEDs. So, a 6-panel setup covers six square feet of area (1x6 or 2x3), has 24 sensors and 480 LEDs, while an 8-panel version has 32 sensor nodes and 640 LEDs. There are connectors to each board edge making it easy to reconfigure the panels in any rectangular arrangement.
Interactive panels are essentially stand-alone devices. They require power to be provided but no computer or other external control is needed. Neighboring panels that are connected together through their edge connectors can share power and communications between sensor nodes.
Additional Power supplies can provide power to up to 12 panels. Larger numbers of panels can also be connected together if you wish to build a larger display; instructions on how to do this ship with the panels. You can mount these panels on a wall, in a coffee table, or on facing sides of a hallway, the uses are only limited by your imagination.
