LED Projects

Emergency Vehicle LED Light

Emergency Vehicle LED Light

Described here is a low-component count Emergency Vehicle LED Light circuit which can be used for capturing the attention of (or warning) drivers and pedestrians. These type of lighting gadgets kindle an instant response that makes people look up and pay attention -an important consideration when a matter of moments can mean life or death […]

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F84 Miniature Real-Time Controller

Build a simple real-time controller with PIC16F84 running at low power X-tal 32,768Hz. Daily scheduler for 6-channel resided in 64-byte EEPROM can easily be preprogrammed  using Nigel PicProg. RTC2.C provides user programmable set current time without the need of recompilation. Fixed bug on minute conversion! Introduction The F84 MRTC was my second design of a

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Making a mini LED Christmas tree

Making a mini LED Christmas tree

My two and a half year old son loves toys with flashing lights. For this Christmas I thought of making a mini LED Christmas tree for him. This project uses 22 multi-color LEDs which are driven by a PIC12F683 microcontroller using the Charlieplexing technique. The details of the build procedure is described in the following

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Aurora 9x18 Kit

Aurora 9×18 Kit

*** There’s an updated version of this kit available at http://www.theledart.com/blog/store *** Responding to many requests, Aurora 9×18 Kit is now available, so this is the Instructable specific to building the kit. Please leave comments, especially tips for successful assembly. Step 1: Identify the Parts First, identify all the parts contained in the kit. Below is the

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