Sirs, gents,

I have been looking a project for a while now. I had considered running a 2" EL tape with a laptop screen diffuser to spread the light.

I would rather use an EL panel. There is an existing solution, and I cannot figure out how they are running A5 EL panels with a single CR123A source. It also has a dimming option?

Any existing circuits, designs or thoughts greatly appreciated...

http://www.c2rgear.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=TBA5

Many thanks

 

Research to date :

http://www.instructables.com/id/Dimming-EL-wire/
http://ch00ftech.com/2012/08/09/method-1571-for-not-dimming-an-el-panel-triac/
http://ch00ftech.com/2012/05/14/dimming-an-el-panel-is-harder-than-it-looks/

Possible part?

http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/hv860.pdf