The life of an LED actually depends more on the amount of current driven through it than how hard it's turned on and off, unlike an incandescent bulb. (for example, the LED I used in our current magic wand is rated for 20 milliamps of current, but I'm only giving it 15, thereby running it at a rate lower than its rated capacity)
Oh... Oh my... You're talking quite a lot of LEDs, aren't you? Well people are definitely getting better at building and controlling “nets” of LEDs, so that would be a pretty good place to start.
Any thoughts on how you'd want to control it? The possibilities are almost endless, ranging from the cheap and dirty control panel (either on the suit or merely attached to it), to pressure points on the suit itself (probably along the arms), to smartphone control via Bluetooth, to a webcam on the suit projecting what it sees to the LEDs.
Don't limit yourself, as there are lots of people doing things like this all around the world, and therefore there is a lot of innovation going on too! =^.^=
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Date: 2015-01-16 08:57 am (UTC)(for example, the LED I used in our current magic wand is rated for 20 milliamps of current, but I'm only giving it 15, thereby running it at a rate lower than its rated capacity)
Oh... Oh my... You're talking quite a lot of LEDs, aren't you?
Well people are definitely getting better at building and controlling “nets” of LEDs, so that would be a pretty good place to start.
Any thoughts on how you'd want to control it?
The possibilities are almost endless, ranging from the cheap and dirty control panel (either on the suit or merely attached to it), to pressure points on the suit itself (probably along the arms), to smartphone control via Bluetooth, to a webcam on the suit projecting what it sees to the LEDs.
Don't limit yourself, as there are lots of people doing things like this all around the world, and therefore there is a lot of innovation going on too! =^.^=