As it turns out, the controller briefly shorts the LED strip’s supply voltage to generate data bits, similar to the way old pulse-dialing phones worked. A tiny chip integrated into each LED ...

This means it’s possible to short circuit an LED strip without actually tripping the overcurrent protection on something like an ATX power supply, which may be fused at well over 10 amps.

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Then LED-backlit LCDs came onto the scene ... “You might see it in a bar or club on the Las Vegas strip,” Harbst points out. “In a sports bar, conference room, where you’re going to be closer, you ...