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Default How do they work?

On 13/12/2016 00:23, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Got a set of Xmas lights. Gawd knows how they do them at the price.
Blue and White. PS/controller gives a variety of programmes. Including
flashing the blue and white alternately, or all on together. But only two
wires from the PS. I can see reversing the polarity could have one colour
or the other, but how both at once with no apparent flicker? Fast
switching?


Yup pretty much... Throw a bit of PWM into the mix as well, and you
should be able to get dimming and fading effects as well.


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