LilyPad Rainbow LED (6 Colors)

Our favourite food when chopping code or electronics is a hot bowl of noodles - and in New York they are often called "noods"! What we have here are flexible LED noodles in different lengths and colours. All of them are not good for eating, but they are good for cool lighting effects. These are often seen in "Edison-like" LED lights, shaped into hearts or stars or simply wrapped around to create a fun or warm lighting effect. They consist of dozens of micro-LED diodes connected together on an ultra-flexible metal back and then coated with coloured silicone for protection. Because the LEDs are connected in parallel, you only need 3 V to make them light up - we recommend current limiting with a resistor to let a maximum of 50 mA through. One piece per pack. Add some miniature noodle-y neon bling to your miniature sets, dioramas, dollhouses, mini verses what have you! These look and feel like we've always wanted an EL cord to look and feel, and since it's just a "big long LED", you can easily dim it via PWM. Just switch on with 3 V by connecting both ends - the anode should be the metal end with a small hole in it. If it doesn't light up immediately, try it the other way round, no problem. This noodle is 300 mm long.

EL Wire, also known as Electroluminescent wire, is a stiff wire core coated with phosphor and then covered with a protective PVC sheath. When an AC signal is applied to it, it glows an blue color. You can make it look different colors by changing the coating. It looks a little like thin neon. Very bendable, it keeps its shape and you can curl it around your finger. Its an easy way to add some glow to a project, not as bright as LEDs but uses a lot less power! We've got 2.6mm thickness EL wire, with a lime green coat, pre-cut and soldered to a standard quick-connect EL wire. We used to stock Wanyu EL wire, but sadly they've closed doors so we no longer have the high-brightness EL wire. That said, this brand seems to be good quality and close in brightness! Often used for costuming, decoration, accent lighting, safety vests, bicycle/motorcycle/car/boat/home decoration, signs, etc! This wire is not designed explicitly for outdoor use so it will fade if continuously exposed to UV. To use, the wire must be connected to an inverter that provides an AC supply of approximately 100V at 2000 Hz. An inverter is not included! This wire is 250 cm long which is the maximum that can be driven by our handy 2xAA portable pocket inverter The full length draws 200mA from the 2xAA batteries (so 2000mAh batteries will last ~10 hours if on 'constant' mode) We used EL wire to make our awesome TRON bag so check it out for ideas. This is a pre-cut, pre-soldered, 250 cm long piece of EL You can plug this right into an inverter and get glowing in seconds, and if you want to do something a little more complex, cut and resolder it as desired. Soldering to EL wire is a little tricky but luckily we wrote a detailed step-by-step tutorial! To cut and re-solder EL, you'll need wire strippers, a soldering iron & solder, copper tape and heat shrink. A third-hand tool is really useful as well. ⚠️ Please note! EL tape, EL wire and EL panel are made with different processes - the color and brightness will not be consistent between the different types of EL products. The EL tape will not match the EL wire or EL panel exactly, they all will be slightly different colors.

A small, portable inverter for EL wire. Powers off of 2 AA batteries (not included!), it can drive 1 to 8 feet (about 2.5m) of our high-brightness EL wire for 10 hours. There is a button for selecting steady/blink/off modes. There's a removable clip on the back. Comes with a 2.5mm pitch female JST connector To connect a piece EL wire to this, you'll want a male connector wire The EL inverter requires a 'load' to stabilize itself. Do not run the inverter without at least 1 ft of EL wire attached! Otherwise the inverter can spike and damage itself Like all inverters we've used, the 2000 Hz oscillation is slightly audible. To reduce the squeaking, we suggest opening up the case padding it with thick foam tape/weatherstripping. Squirting some hot glue around the capacitors may also help. We managed to get it silent this way. We used this to make our awesome TRON bag Soldering to EL wire is a little tricky but luckily we wrote a detailed step-by-step tutorial!