Product description
The EL Escudo is an Arduino shield that drives EL wire. Electroluminescent wire is this really neat, flexible cord that emits a florescent light. Some times referred to as 'cool neon' because the cord does not heat up. The kicker is that EL wire runs on high voltage AC - about 125V at 425Hz. While EL wire requires very little power, you can't use normal transistors to turn on/off a string of it. So we created the EL Escudo that uses TRIACs to control up to 8 channels.
We also recommend using the Arduino Stackable Headers to provide enough clearance for the USB and Barrel Jack Connectors.
We also recommend using the Arduino Stackable Headers to provide enough clearance for the USB and Barrel Jack Connectors.
