COM-10201 Datasheet by SparkFun Electronics

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EL Inverter - 3v
COM-10201
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Description: EL inverters allow you to drive EL wires. This particular EL inverter
accepts 3V input and outputs 110VAC to drive EL wire. The wires both terminated
with JST PH connectors. These are designed to plug directly into our EL Escudo or
EL Sequencer. You can drive EL wires with them directly, but you may need to re-
terminate them.
These work well because they accept anywhere from 2.7-4.2V, so you can use them
with batteries quite easily.
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Note: The inverters that we are currently shipping are not labeled input/output on the
body. Instead, the new units have a red/black pair (supply voltage) and a black/black
pair (output voltage). New pictures are forthcoming.
Note: Some real world testing revealed that this inverter can easily drive a 3m length
of EL wire. When adding a second 3m length, the two get a bit dimmer, but still close
to full brightness. At 3 3m lengths, you can only tell all three wires are on if the room
is dark. The inverter can light up 4 strands, but they are barely visible in normal light
and very dim in the dark as well.
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