Tonight's mini project: under-desk light strip.
https://vulpine.club/media/9-g4_e1udobdk5aamiM https://vulpine.club/media/tKYToSPds1_2jzksR_Q
@rey did you use LED tape?
@geekylou yup! Neat stuff
@rey yep. I have an RGB strip under mine controlled by a Arduino clone attached to my PC.
@geekylou this is just analog tape... Apply 12 VDC and it's white
RGB might not be a terrible upgrade tho, hmmmmm
@rey keep the white if you do as the colour mixing on mine's not as good. They also dim quite well using PWM (using mosfets attached to the microcontroller) to switch the 12V.
@geekylou @rey There's also the option for individually controllable LEDs, like the Adafruit NeoPixels - https://www.adafruit.com/category/168 . In my humble opinion, music-controlled lighting is awesome. Still reworking my lighting controller to handle things other than the GE ColorEffects lights (refresh rate/LED count independence, plus Windows support and unit tests)...
@geekylou good ideas...! currently i've just soldered a powerpole connector onto the end of it and have it running into a 12V bench supply, but this too can be improved