The '05 Mustang LED gauges
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I know they use LED piping technology...but are they, in fact, true LED gauges - with that wonderful glowing 3D effect like you have in Audis, Acura TSX, Lexus, etc...?
Does anyone know, or has anyone seen them in action?
Or are they just cheap, stenciled gauge numbers with lackluster '60s type back-illumination? :bang:
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Does anyone know, or has anyone seen them in action?
Or are they just cheap, stenciled gauge numbers with lackluster '60s type back-illumination? :bang:
Anyone...?
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Ive seen the video of the color guages changing, and by the way they were changing so smoothly, I thought they were LED guages. But thats just my guess. I never saw them chsange in person either.
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I read somewhere that they are LEDs(4 different colors that combine to create the whole color palette), and of videos I've seen, it is a smooth transition, didn't see them in action personally...
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Originally posted by FrankBullitt05@July 3, 2004, 11:46 PM
I read somewhere that they are LEDs(4 different colors that combine to create the whole color palette), and of videos I've seen, it is a smooth transition, didn't see them in action personally...
I read somewhere that they are LEDs(4 different colors that combine to create the whole color palette), and of videos I've seen, it is a smooth transition, didn't see them in action personally...
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I'm betting it all that they are Led's. They are very cheap, they are small, and they barely need any voltage to work, plus like you said, they are grouped together in clusters of 4. taking from a traditional RGB color pallet (red green and blue, with possibly white) with varieng intensity you can creat well over 256 colors
Dont know for sure but Im pretty confident its the case.
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Dont know for sure but Im pretty confident its the case.
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They look like like pretty standard stuff. Back lit electronic analog gauges with translucent characters and needle.
I suppose the light from the LEDs use light pipes to illuminate the gauges.
I suppose the light from the LEDs use light pipes to illuminate the gauges.
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Originally posted by AhhDrJones@July 4, 2004, 3:01 AM
I'm betting it all that they are Led's. They are very cheap, they are small, and they barely need any voltage to work, plus like you said, they are grouped together in clusters of 4. taking from a traditional RGB color pallet (red green and blue, with possibly white) with varieng intensity you can creat well over 256 colors
Dont know for sure but Im pretty confident its the case.
I'm betting it all that they are Led's. They are very cheap, they are small, and they barely need any voltage to work, plus like you said, they are grouped together in clusters of 4. taking from a traditional RGB color pallet (red green and blue, with possibly white) with varieng intensity you can creat well over 256 colors
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Dont know for sure but Im pretty confident its the case.
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They are all cheap, the blackout numbers in Japanese luxury cars are cheap, indiglo-electoluminecent is cheap too. Its all just fancy laminated cardboard basically. One thing good about LED is they last forever.
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Originally posted by kevinb120@July 4, 2004, 7:02 PM
One thing good about LED is they last forever.
One thing good about LED is they last forever.
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