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| Kevin Furry, cofounder, LED Effects, Inc. |
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Almost everyone is familiar with the Vegas strip. Row after row of bright-colored lights that
can clearly be seen as a plane begins its descent into the Las Vegas Airport. Ever take a moment
to think how much energy it must take to light that strip day after day, night after night? It
is astounding! Now, a growing number of casinos are employing a new type of light that is 80%
more efficient than current lighting methods. These lights are called LEDs (light emitting diodes).
Not only do they produce light without heat, saving casinos enormous amounts in energy bills,
they are fast leading a revolution in lighting technology addressing both interior and exterior
applications.
In addition to casinos, other lighted venues such as billboards, freeway and road hazard signs,
cove lighting, architectural lighting, and even light-animated kiosks are beginning to use LEDs
and the services provided by companies like LED Effects, Inc. LED Effects, Inc. is a leading engineering
and manufacturing company of customized LED-based signs and lighting for commercial and OEM markets.
"The next revolution in technology will be in lighting," says Kevin Furry, cofounder, LED Effects,
Inc. "Look at the back of your car... your dash board... stop lights... flash lights... landscape
lighting... cove lighting... the possibilities are endless!"
LED Effects, Inc. has designed custom alphanumeric, high-density animation and graphics, time
and temperature, price and rate, and stock quote displays. They have even created specialty displays
for customers such as Squaw Valley Ski Resort, Las Vegas Imperial Palace, Ceasars Palace Las Vegas,
and Universal Studios Hollywood.
LED Effects, Inc. equips each display with not only thousands of LED lights, they also include
customized control capabilities. Their controller of choice is a single-board computer from Z-World.
Every module of their signs has a computer on-board. With the ability to connect an infinite number
of modules together, there is a pressing need for small but powerful computers.
"We have utilized Z-World's SBCs in just about all of our projects," Says Furry. "Now, we intend
to use the newest serial terminal developed by Z-World—the Intellicom[TM]. We're currently
working on a new display for a high-profile national company that will utilize this terminal and
the TCP/IP capabilities of Z-World's Dynamic C® Premier."
The Intellicom is the only operator interface in its price class with built-in I/O and Ethernet
connectivity. Being C-programmable, this intelligent terminal provides OEMs complete design flexibility
to create a custom operator interface. The Intellicom Series offers direct connection to a 10BaseT
Ethernet network and communicates with serial devices via RS-232 or RS-485.
Dynamic C Premier integrated development software includes all the functionalities of previous
versions of Dynamic C plus a MicroC/OS-II Real-Time Kernel, Fast Fourier Transform, and TCP/IP
capabilities. Dynamic C Premier is specifically designed for use with the Rabbit 2000™ microprocessor
developed by Rabbit Semiconductor.
About LED Effects, Inc.
Kevin Furry, Chuck Sommerville, Scott Nelson and Greg Flowers founded LED Effects, Inc. in March
1996. Kevin Furry's experience was in software and hardware technology design within the consumer
entertainment markets and casino products industry. Chuck Sommerville and Scott Nelson are two
of the foremost software video game designers from the entertainment software industry.
For more information on LED Effects, or other Z-World Certified Partners who can assist you, please
visit http://www.ledeffects.com/ or http://www.zworld.com/partners/partners.html.
For more information on Z-World's products, please visit http://www.zworld.com.
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