Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #05135
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Bob Shannon bshannon@tiac.net
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 18:08:07 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Something funny with the 1382 voltage triggers?
Jason Jones wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Shannon
> To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 4:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Something funny with the 1382 voltage triggers?
>
> :Steven Bolt wrote:
> :
>
>
> :And in this application, the 1381 SE clearly beats all others, the FLED
> :actually comes in next
> :due to its power to weight ratio (given that you 'shrink' the FLED's
> :plastic case a bit...).
>
> Shrink the FLED's Plastic Case a bit? What does this do? I'm new to a lot
> of this, just wondering. It sounded interesting heh.
>
> Jason
Shrinking the FLED refers to teh process of filing or grinding away the
majority
of the plastic encasing the FLED chip. This method was used to make the FLEDs
smaller than 1381 triggers in the first place winner of Chiu's microvore
contest.
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