This light chaser circuit (music-operated lighting effect generator) comprises five sets of 60W bulbs that are arranged in zig-zag fashion. The bulb sets glow one after another depending on the ...

Men’s Journal aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Plugging in your holiday lights only to find that half of the ...

Exposure, storage conditions, and repeated seasonal use cause insulation to weaken and wires to fray. "One faulty wire or ...

For those needing a method to capture a light pulse and even color, the circuit in the figure may offer a solution—without investing hundreds of dollars. Although typically employed as a display, an ...

The technological world of the 21st century owes a tremendous amount to advances in electrical engineering, specifically, the ability to finely control the flow of electrical charges using ...

Just as optical fibers have replaced most electrical wires for long-distance telecommunications, light-based circuits may replace electrical ones in applications involving vast flows of data within ...

There's a long wish list for a workable quantum computer: a viable system must be fast, compact and stable. The first integrated optical quantum logic circuits are a step in the right direction. Quite ...

Any time you are working with burglar alarm, access control, sound, nurse call, or intercom systems, as well as computer networks, lighting dimmer controls, and low-voltage industrial controls, you ...

For advertising and promotion, light chaser circuits are used to produce lighting animation sequences to attract attention like the movie theater marquee. The device contains a lighting controller ...