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LED stage lighting offers efficient alternative

The LEDs work like high-tech lights on a Christmas tree: Each of the light-emitting diodes has an IP address, much like a mini-computer. The diodes are placed every 8 inches on a piece of wire, with up to 50 in a row. The power supplies to the LEDs also have their own IP addresses, and “know” how many LEDs are hooked up to them. The system is run through an Ethernet computer-networking connection.

The LEDs can be told what color to be as often as 30 times a second, and technicians can drive video through them to create a movie-screen effect.

Sunday 9 November, 2008 02:13 PM

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