Stop Whining!
LED light bulbs are far superior to incandescent bulbs in terms of energy efficiency, but they have some annoying quirks. Manufacturers of lower-quality LED bulbs, in particular, tend to skimp on electronic filtering components. This most commonly leads to a maddening flicker that makes incandescent bulbs look pretty appealing, no matter how much energy they waste as heat. When used with a dimmer, these bulbs also have a tendency to make high-pitched whining noises — as if the flicker wasn't bad enough already!
The original controller (📷: Aaron Shady)
Aaron Shady has a shelf with built-in LED lighting. He likes the shelf, but is completely fed up with the constant whining noise it makes when the lights are dimmed. So, rather than getting rid of the shelf, he built a custom controller board to replace the questionable electronics that came with it. Shady also open sourced the entire project, so...
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