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Re:Lessons Learned Shipping 500 Units of My First Hardware P... by hillac on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @03:27AM (#46883075)
Even high cri lights have a huge blue spike that doesn't match the sun. I don't know what chip OP uses, but you need a full spectrum light if you actually want very sun-like light. This page has some details:

https://optimizeyourbiology.com/best-natural-full-spectrum-l...

No idea if there's any evidence or not of the blue spike actually mattering for human biology.

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Re:Lessons Learned Shipping 500 Units of My First Hardware P... by JKCalhoun on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @08:58AM (#46885852)
Kind of what I worry about—the spectrum mismatch. Damn but incandescents sound pretty good for just this one application. I must be (am) getting old.
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