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Old 2nd Dec 2019, 10:40 pm   #9
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Default Re: Driving a piece of electroluminescent tape in lieu of a magic eye

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Originally Posted by Nickthedentist View Post
Thanks Terry, that's very helpful.

Presumably the current drawn is pretty negligble?
I actually had to look that up - most places are quoting 0.14mA/cm2 but not listing what voltage/frequency that was measured at.

A possibly better material than tape would be Electroluminescent Panel (same principal) as it can be cut (carefully) to any shape needed.
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