TRIKLITS, you may remember, are rope-lights with a difference – each of the 24 points on each strand has two LEDs, and the whole thing is individually controllable via a USB or serial interface card.

Ah, the humble status LED. Just about every piece of home electronics, every circuit module, and anything else that draws current seems to have one. In the days of yore, a humble indicator gave a ...

Ah, the humble status LED. Just about every piece of home electronics, every circuit module, and anything else that draws current seems to have one. In the days of yore, a humble indicator gave a ...