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Ok, fair cop- I was considering Australian prices for arduinos and as an alternative, buying offshore, shipping them over here. Then there's the process of learning about programming arduinos, and then the debugging process ( and a boxing bag for when it doesn't work :) ). But I take your point abou...

The madman lighting kit will do most of your effects for the same price that it will cost you to purchase and program a chip. The steady lights are not that hard- you can get pre wired and resistored LEDs on ebay pretty cheaply these days.

G'day, I learnt about this the hard way, and am still learning. However, long story short, I have learnt to do a circuit with each colour, for example, red or white, and running all of those circuits in parallel. The reason for this is that different LEDs have different requirements (amps, volts etc...

Hi all, I came across this on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320729952485&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_1399wt_922 Has anyone used these "flo-tubes" before? Are there any pros or cons to watch out for? Their general website is www.starshiplabs.com Thanks ...