Pulse LED using 555 timer

[Thaxos]

Well, cardcollector posted he was trying to work on this, and he had problems with it, so I decided I'd go out and grab the components and put it together.
Tonight (after college and work) I'll snap some photos, take a vid and write out a step by step guide for you guys.
Stay tuned.

EDIT:
Pics and video (And yes I did call it a 33 000 W resistor twice... I meant ohms, watts would be ridiculous!)
Video still uploading, will link later tonight.
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EDIT 2:
VIDEO!
Pulse 555 Timer Video

[Kal El Rah]

Can't wait to see your results Bro.

[cardcollector]

Awesome Thax, Thanks a lot!!

[Thaxos]

Awesome Thax, Thanks a lot!!

No problem! Hope it works out for you! Waiting on your latest PM by the way...

[Jedi Haluna]

Good evening,

I am a novice in this area, but this lighting system greatly interested

Can you give me read the exact components, and a wiring diagram.

I'd be greatly appreciative.

Thank you


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Bonsoir,

Je suis novice en la matière, mais ce système d'éclairage m'intéresse grandement

Pouvez vous me donne la lise exact des composants, ainsi qu'un schema de câblage .

Je vous en serais grandement reconnaissant.Merci

[Sunrider]

The CD4060BC is better IMHO, smaller, uses less power, more possibilities more LEDs. I'm currenly completing 10 LED SMT setup. I'll post some info if requested.

[Matt Thorn]

The CD4060BC is better IMHO, smaller, uses less power, more possibilities more LEDs. I'm currenly completing 10 LED SMT setup. I'll post some info if requested.

Requested! A wiring diagram would for this kind of basic pulsing, and a brief description of some of the other possibilities would be greatly appreciated.

[astromech_kuhns]

nice. we actually just did a circuit involving a 555 timer yesterday in electronics. same thing except we went ahead and attached two LED's in there and made them switch between one another. than me being in robotics and electronics stuff, i took the extra time waiting for others to add a switch to switch between the two, and a switch knob to control the brightness and the switching between the two.

[Matt Thorn]

nice. we actually just did a circuit involving a 555 timer yesterday in electronics. same thing except we went ahead and attached two LED's in there and made them switch between one another. than me being in robotics and electronics stuff, i took the extra time waiting for others to add a switch to switch between the two, and a switch knob to control the brightness and the switching between the two.

Whoa. It sounds like you did exactly what I'm trying to do. But with high-power LEDs rather than accent LEDs. A customer wants me to make him a double saber, with one blade red and one blade blue, and him wants them to reverse colors on clash! I've been struggling to do this with Arduino, but I feel like that's overkill. (Or, rather, it's killing me.)

I found a wiring diagram for using a 555 to switch two LEDs on and off alternately, train-crossing-light-style, but I couldn't quite make sense of it, and couldn't locate the person who made it.

I plan to use two LedEngin RGBs, and have ordered a clash sensor from Tim (because I'm not sure if one from a cheap Hasbro toy will do). I would be so grateful for a breadboard mock-up showing me how I could do this (I know I'd need transistors to boost the amperage), I would send you a bottle of fine saké from Japan in thanks.

Here's the hilt I've made, BTW. As you can tell, it's made from two Yoda's. The guy is seriously into blue and red, the more symmetrical the better. I've had this beautiful hilt sitting here for months waiting to get some guts.

[astromech_kuhns]

WOW. um, i took two red LED's and set them on the same circuit and gave them a different return path i think is what it was, and then when putting them on a switch, i was able to make them blink or stay on, and the knob i used would make one be brighter than the other while the other would go dimmer, not quite off, just very dim.

so let me get this correct, you are wanting to take a rebel RGB and have one side blue and the other red, then, once the clash happens you want them to switch sides of color, so the one that was once blue is now red and the other way around?

i could go back to school tomorrow, when im there, with my camera and if i have extra time i will look into this for you as well as upload a picture of the circuit that we used and put it on a bread board and work to create the circuit again and see what i can come up with.

will work to help!