SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-29T01:45:25-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsTheCentaur on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkTheCentaururn:uuid:ba56f5c6-a1bc-4783-4db7-ab07fd79c3dc2013-11-16T10:30:19-07:00<p>I'm with you. Red was Sparkfunish cool.</p>
Sleepwalker3 on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkSleepwalker3urn:uuid:6fa2f2bb-1cbf-6db2-7780-80bbc5217d352013-11-16T00:04:54-07:00<p>ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz</p>
Conn on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkConnurn:uuid:5eabc45c-1d22-c0ac-1d27-6d883300764d2013-11-15T21:46:05-07:00<p>Aww man! I like the red breadboard more, it had a Sparkfun authenticity to it!</p>
Tim-M on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkTim-Murn:uuid:8e198e2f-41e2-aef6-4bdf-8a4ee98823092013-11-15T18:10:43-07:00<p>Yes, should hold true... EL is EL, no matter what the form it comes in. It would to nice to have surface area specs of wire vs sheet so you could mix and match the inverters from one EL form to another more easily...</p>
Tim-M on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkTim-Murn:uuid:f0bca184-d384-7662-e422-6c4384a304e62013-11-15T16:46:22-07:00<p>The EL Sequencer is a very cool product, I'd love to see more like it! Maybe more channels could be added to a beefier version too.<p>I was thinking of the Sequencer being used with ElastoLite when I asked about how much area your existing inverters would drive... that's what was behind the question.</p></p>
googly_eyes on New Product Friday: Jurassic Sparkgoogly_eyesurn:uuid:e3809749-1e68-a538-bff5-c66a710b57822013-11-15T16:39:28-07:00<p>Is there any way to integrate the ElastoLite panels into a arduino project? Having a fixed inverter is OK if all you want to do is have it turn on and off with a manual button...I am thinking along the lines of the EL Sequencer or EL Escudo boards.<p>Edit: Doh! - didn't see the thread above mine... a day late and a dollar short...</p></p>
MikeGrusin on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkMikeGrusinurn:uuid:110cc559-5bb7-80d8-eeee-2b64419973e92013-11-15T16:15:46-07:00<p>Fair Use is your friend.</p>
LightManCA on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkLightManCAurn:uuid:1d2d2ec4-b33f-127a-4f52-cbdccb88f1542013-11-15T16:07:21-07:00<p>If you send me the (free?) product I'll make a demo of these panels and El Escudo Dos!</p>
LightManCA on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkLightManCAurn:uuid:6d3e8e93-b144-a152-f689-dbb5195cfee22013-11-15T16:03:54-07:00<p>I would guess you don't need to use their inverters. It's nice that they include what I'm assuming is a lipo battery, but EL wire is EL wire. You should be able to use any inverter you can find on the internets.</p>
Pearce on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkPearceurn:uuid:d3c2d8be-5433-a57e-179f-ddafd4e77e342013-11-15T15:45:15-07:00<p>Not at the moment, though the idea of something like the EL Sequencer only beefier is always in the back of my mind.</p>
Toni_K on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkToni_Kurn:uuid:dcf66cee-221d-4698-4de4-b0bcf045b71f2013-11-15T15:36:58-07:00<p>Can we start a Kickstarter where a reading of "Good Night Moon" by you as one of the prize levels?! I'd totally back that.</p>
Tim-M on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkTim-Murn:uuid:232f038c-5525-cf08-a776-979658579f1f2013-11-15T14:38:15-07:00<p>Any plans to add more OEM style inverters for more permanent and non-portable installations?<p>How about adding an area dimension for what your existing inverters will drive, so they might be used with the flat EL products? I don't see this information in the data sheets.</p></p>
LightManCA on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkLightManCAurn:uuid:b8d19589-b5c8-1a0b-25c0-ac3897297a0c2013-11-15T14:36:44-07:00<p>Sweet. I'll pick your brain regarding one of my project while I listen, until I fall... asl...... eee..... p.</p>
Tim-M on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkTim-Murn:uuid:45709dc0-1a12-585e-dddb-e59114ee83f12013-11-15T14:35:01-07:00<p>Great to see more EL products added to the lineup... you could never have too many!!</p>
Tim-M on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkTim-Murn:uuid:9dc23260-079d-465e-5780-9729083096512013-11-15T14:27:40-07:00<p>That makes more sense, thanks very much.</p>
Pearce on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkPearceurn:uuid:3e5d5196-df19-5133-ad1a-60a2227399792013-11-15T14:19:11-07:00<p>I'll be over with a copy of goodnight moon tonight.</p>
Pearce on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkPearceurn:uuid:bdc39d4f-3afc-b303-5ab8-ce8d91745fce2013-11-15T13:59:29-07:00<p>Sorry, should clarify. That is the back, the front area is face down on the hard backing to protect it during shipping. You won't see the label through the lamp.<p>(The last picture in the hookup guide shows what the front looks like.)</p></p>
LightManCA on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkLightManCAurn:uuid:c58ce6ab-7740-5b78-4d37-db333fe21fe32013-11-15T13:51:06-07:00<p>Yeah I've gotten some nice shocks from the ends of el wire. I can imagine having a much bigger area (the edge of the panel) could definitely be... shocking!</p>
LightManCA on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkLightManCAurn:uuid:bc87f61a-c879-d0a5-61e2-e6e1907571722013-11-15T13:49:29-07:00<p>Pearce's voice makes me sleeeepy. :). Very detailed tutorial though.</p>
Tim-M on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkTim-Murn:uuid:8fdbfd69-5b3d-4ee1-e751-71e9d97687882013-11-15T13:48:58-07:00<p>Is the Elastolite logo intended as removable from this product line? That is to say, is it possible to have/use a blank elastolite panel? Thanks.</p>
Emcee Grady on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkEmcee Gradyurn:uuid:2a7d1934-ac6a-ecf9-5f6a-7436fd2492902013-11-15T13:28:25-07:00<p>If you're talking about the analogy contest, you can find the list of winners <a href="https://learn.sparkfun.com/blog/1268" rel="nofollow">here</a></p>
tristan on New Product Friday: Jurassic Sparktristanurn:uuid:e9bd7de3-7d53-407f-984a-59d3303da9562013-11-15T13:07:04-07:00<p>Jurassic Spark? I smell a cease and desist from Universal :-)</p>
RobertC. on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkRobertC.urn:uuid:fec3af8b-d453-8fd4-1d84-dc8b5c49b2142013-11-15T12:54:46-07:00<p>Links are fixed.</p>
SXRguyinMA on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkSXRguyinMAurn:uuid:3f286554-9566-673f-81b4-8efde0b2e33c2013-11-15T12:14:06-07:00<p>Maybe it was because I was running IE on XP at work - I'm on Chrome on W7 at home and it's fine now</p>
Ben9 on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkBen9urn:uuid:700f443c-bfdc-39a5-c1fe-fdfd8ae853c72013-11-15T12:08:50-07:00<p>Dagu calls it the "T'REX robot controller", and people should not confuse it with the Pololu TReX motor controllers: <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/8900" rel="nofollow">https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/8900</a> <a href="http://www.pololu.com/category/96/pololu-trex-dual-motor-controllers" rel="nofollow">http://www.pololu.com/category/96/pololu-trex-dual-motor-controllers</a></p>
jma89 on New Product Friday: Jurassic Sparkjma89urn:uuid:5b7efb4f-e346-6cc5-82a3-dd1de2d35f242013-11-15T11:25:55-07:00<p>Either they fixed that quickly or there's something else going on; I'm not seeing any trouble with it.<p>Cert is from COMODO CA Limited, valid for *.sparkfun.com until mid-May 2015.</p><p>[I'm in Firefox 25 on Win 7.]</p></p>
Pearce on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkPearceurn:uuid:dbd63a40-1127-7723-7baf-52934082f6992013-11-15T11:02:30-07:00<p>So the inv135 works for 8 square inches or less and the inv133 works for 8 square inches or more (up to about 20).</p>
Pearce on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkPearceurn:uuid:58685518-b1fd-d40d-737d-a084a3bcc18e2013-11-15T10:59:57-07:00<p>No, it's sealed to make it washable when used in clothing, so cutting would ruin that. If you want to make a different shape, I recommend masking the lamp with a thicker (read as opaque as possible) piece of fabric cut to the specific shape.<p>EDIT: Alright, I got a little flak for this. We haven't tried cutting it. My thoughts are that it would work, just wouldn't be waterproof defeating the purpose of the lamp. In addition, the likelihood of you shocking yourself goes up. So the manufacturers stance is this is not a product that can be trimmed. From my standpoint, it will work, just not well.</p></p>
andy4us on New Product Friday: Jurassic Sparkandy4usurn:uuid:99560f4d-3e7b-76bf-369a-08c6e0fd95342013-11-15T10:39:35-07:00<p>The link for both inverters go to the 135. You should check the descriptions in both inverters pages as well, as they both say they do 8sq in, but I thought the video said only the small of the two does 8, and the other one more</p>
Johnboy on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkJohnboyurn:uuid:cb19b41e-928e-0314-b990-3338abc996822013-11-15T10:33:49-07:00<p>Clever girl...</p>
CCody on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkCCodyurn:uuid:80335f5a-2d02-ab4a-1e98-efa651998eff2013-11-15T10:30:24-07:00<p>Were the 20 winners of the RedBoards ever chosen?</p>
LightManCA on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkLightManCAurn:uuid:cd4eaf86-d00d-0407-e817-478a366d1eea2013-11-15T10:30:23-07:00<p>can you cut the ElastoLite panels? (you might have showed this in the video... I can't watch it right now).</p>
SXRguyinMA on New Product Friday: Jurassic SparkSXRguyinMAurn:uuid:4cb166b8-afa5-4203-9344-0c7846f03fb02013-11-15T09:50:54-07:00<p>The page for the ELastoLite Hookup Guide give a certificate error FYI :)</p>