Hello, im an electronics engineering student. Recently i came across these lights that were given to me. Their for the signs outdoors on casinos. Its a 2.5 watt 120v ac light. Each light has about 20 little super bight leds on it. I would like to make a scrolling display out of them somehow. I have about 100 of them and might be able to get more. What would be my best way to go about building this. I have a little programmable PIC but it only has like 13 outputs on it. I have a digital trainer with a breadbord. the trainer is 15v and the pic is 5v output, both dc of course. Is there a way i can control the lights using an ac circuit but use my programmable pics 5v output to turn the lights on and off? Also what would have need to control a large scale (100 lights) version of this? Sorry for being kind of ignorant towards this topic, im very familar with DC but have done little to no ac work.
Thanks
Kevin
Thanks
Kevin