Driving arrangement for a varying color light emitting element
First Claim
1. Driving arrangement for a light emitting element having at least two luminous sources each adapted to emit a different primary colour, the colour gradation emitted by said element changing as a function of an electrical analog signal provided by a physical phenomenon sensor, in particular a microphone, comprising a converter adapted to convert said analog signal into a sequence of electrical pulses the leading and trailing edges of which succeed one another at a rhythm which depends on the variations of said analog signal and a counter utilising the leading and trailing edges of each of said pulses to provide a coded signal at its output the state of which changes each time one of said leading or trailing edges is applied thereto, each of said states of said coded signal giving rise to a predetermined state of excitation of said luminous sources.
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Abstract
This light emitting element comprises three differently colored luminous sources the excitation of which varies as a function of a signal developed by a physical phenomenon sensor, in particular a microphone. The analog signal emitted by the sensor is initially converted into a sequence of electrical pulses in a suitable converter. The leading edges of said pulses are next applied to a counter the output of which provides a coded signal which changes with the arrival of each such edge and thus determines a different state of excitation of the luminous sources. The arrangement as described enables changing the color of the element from a musical signal.
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- 1. Driving arrangement for a light emitting element having at least two luminous sources each adapted to emit a different primary colour, the colour gradation emitted by said element changing as a function of an electrical analog signal provided by a physical phenomenon sensor, in particular a microphone, comprising a converter adapted to convert said analog signal into a sequence of electrical pulses the leading and trailing edges of which succeed one another at a rhythm which depends on the variations of said analog signal and a counter utilising the leading and trailing edges of each of said pulses to provide a coded signal at its output the state of which changes each time one of said leading or trailing edges is applied thereto, each of said states of said coded signal giving rise to a predetermined state of excitation of said luminous sources.
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