Twinkly lights project

[Grey]

Chistmas doesn't seem too far away and time for me to dust off my trusty
soldering iron and knock together some christmas lights.

I want to build something original and catchy using just LED's in some form
of display. If I want something a little unconventional, is there a project
site somehwere where I can get ideas?

Something like a PIC controlling a multicolor LED, fading between colors
would be one idea.

Graham

 

[Sporkman]

Grey wrote:

Chistmas doesn't seem too far away and time for me to dust off my trusty
soldering iron and knock together some christmas lights.

I want to build something original and catchy using just LED's in some form
of display. If I want something a little unconventional, is there a project
site somehwere where I can get ideas?

Something like a PIC controlling a multicolor LED, fading between colors
would be one idea.

Graham

http://www.bigclive.com/
Although many of this zany guy's ideas are more suited to Halloween than
Christmas.

Mark 'Sporky' Stapleton
Watermark Design, LLC
www.h2omarkdesign.com

 

[Richard]

"Grey" <grahame9@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:<cj9kc9$sj6$1@hercules.btinternet.com>...

Chistmas doesn't seem too far away and time for me to dust off my trusty
soldering iron and knock together some christmas lights.

I want to build something original and catchy using just LED's in some form
of display. If I want something a little unconventional, is there a project
site somehwere where I can get ideas?

Something like a PIC controlling a multicolor LED, fading between colors
would be one idea.

Graham

The Beam guys were doing a whole series of things like this. Join the
beam group at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/beam/
and search the archive for Pummer.
Here's one at:
http://www.solarbotics.com/resources/static/bep/bep_app01_pummer.php
I remember the beginning of this thread had some interesting
schematics. I thought I saved them somewhere???
If I find them ...otherwise you might ask the BEAM guys about your
idea. They're always very helpful.

Richard

 

[Richard]

Sporkman <sporkedUNDERLINEagainMUNGE@bigfootDOT.com> wrote in message news:<4158693A.74C2D942@bigfootDOT.com>...

Grey wrote:

Chistmas doesn't seem too far away and time for me to dust off my trusty
soldering iron and knock together some christmas lights.

I want to build something original and catchy using just LED's in some form
of display. If I want something a little unconventional, is there a project
site somehwere where I can get ideas?

Something like a PIC controlling a multicolor LED, fading between colors
would be one idea.

Graham

Here's the thread on the "art installation":

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/beam/message/33995

Is it just me or are all the schematics missing.

I thought it was an interesting project so I dwnlded most of them if
anyone's interested.

Richard