Thanks for your reply, I think I'll wait for this backlight

um.

not really sure on the diff. in battery length, i haven't noticed any substantial drain.  i measured the current on these a while ago, it was very minimal but i don't remember exactly what.

its easier to install that the other backlights methinks.  less involved...

nope, no pics.  i'll wait for the parts, sometimes they change slightly from samples because samples are hand made.

you can have multiple colors by adding sheets of color film above the light source.  the light itself will be whitish, then you just add a color filter.  but, for now, just while.  some colors aren't even worth doing because they're washed out, and the polarization film adds a bluish tent and it throws it off.

i'll have all the details like this when its all done

Can you please don't skip my post? T_T

Rad!   I'll buy one as soon as there available. 

if you need extra testers...

minimal in terms of EL tech...  i spent a while on the resistor values to get minimal hum.

it doesn't affect prosound output, didn't seem to the other, but i'll do more testing with actual equipment and not my ear at some point.

i guess i should mention, the PCB is designed with very small panels in mind, so unlike in the past when i'd use (or others) bigger inverters, this is a pretty small PCB 'stick'.  no overkill to it so less hum than the mod in the past for sure.

The only real question I have, is how bad is the buzz?  From what memory serves, there was a pretty grody buzz from these guys.

Hi, thanks for your fast reply! I think I'll wait for this backlight, can you just give me some details, like how is the battery life with this backlight compared to "classic" backlight? Is that hard to install? (I haven't soldered something since a long time, like 10 years ago at school), do you have pics with both EL Backlight and another backlit so I can see the difference? Finaly I guess you can only have one color with this backlight, am I wrong? Thanks in advance!

yes, i am, i'm finalizing the order for the last part now in fact.  the circuit is done, here, assembled, ready.  the panels are the only part not done, but i've confirmed the samples. 

shouldn't be long

Hey kitsch, I'll receive my White DMG soon and I was wondering what backlight to put on it, EL Backlight looks great, are you still "working" on it, will you sell it soon?

no, i haven't given up at all.

that PCB is done, but just can't invest in it just yet...  the prototype works great though. 

they'll come when i can.

yeah, EL is awesomely consistantly lit.  absolutely no hot spots.  and the color is generally brighter for less of a current draw (more bang for your buck).

there are really advantages and disadvantages over both, mainly aesthetics.  LED allows for cooler tricks with the color (like, the RGBva), but, EL is iltimately more consistantly colored.

the drawback to EL is that it runs off AC instead of DC (hence the PCB needed).  however, provided you find an inverter to use, or design your own (like we did), then that problem is solved...

Just wondering if you've given up on kits or further development of this after all, now that your RGBva backlight is available.

Does EL really have any significant advantage over LED?

Ok cool! I feel competent enough to order all the parts and backlight my DMG without a kit, and I'd do that eventually if you weren't making them available, but kits are just much more convenient. But once more; thanks for the info!

@ Awol -- no, not at all.

expect some backlighting goodness in the next short while   the holiday break has given me some much needed time to catch up on some things, and get overwhelmed in what i needed to catch up on (design projects)

i hope this info helps someone out!

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Cool that you've made this info available Kitsch! Have you given up on the kits then?