8 Feb
2006
8 Feb
'06
11:19 p.m.
Doug Salot wrote:
I remember seeing blue LEDs in a catalogue in the late 80s - the listing
said something like "BLUE LEDs! Yes, *BLUE* ?30 (that's right, 30 quid)"
This was from an otherwise fairly serious company, can't remember who
though...
Gordon.
A lawyer asked me if I had any devices made before
1997 that used RGB
LEDs. I know that RGB LEDs have been around since at least 1991, but I
don't have anything to offer them. If you have a device that uses a mux
and PWM with the LEDs, that would apparently please them very much.
I remember costing blue leds for a front panel sometime around 1991. They
were hundreds of dollars (I think out purchasing person spit out here
coffe
when she got the info :-)
we went with red and green :-)
-brad