Ok guys (and gals?) I am by far a rookie in the hobby electronics world so forgive any hints of ignorance I might throw out there.
I am a paramedic/firefighter and I've always toyed witht he idea of making some high output LED strobe/flashers to put on my vehicle. The ones out there are very expensive and very overpriced and I'd like to save a couple dollars and learn some along the way.
I've got two types of led's I'd like to try and make, the first being just a high output flasher that flashes in a pulse type pattern.
* = flash
Something like this:
*** *** ***
3 quick flashes and then a pause
the other type I'd like to be able to pull off is just a flasher but it would be for the headlamps. I'd want to have two of these and have them alternate back and forth.
R L R L R L R L
Something like that.....maybe even have the ability to change it if I want to to:
RR LL RR LL RR LL
There is a commercially made on that does similar to what I'd like for the second one, you can take a peek at the design at this ebay link...I don't think the guy has a regular website. This is the link.
I'd be glad to give anything I may have left out. I'm not asking for this just to be handed to me, I like to learn and I'll do some brain work to figure it out, I just don't know what/where to start.
I am a paramedic/firefighter and I've always toyed witht he idea of making some high output LED strobe/flashers to put on my vehicle. The ones out there are very expensive and very overpriced and I'd like to save a couple dollars and learn some along the way.
I've got two types of led's I'd like to try and make, the first being just a high output flasher that flashes in a pulse type pattern.
* = flash
Something like this:
*** *** ***
3 quick flashes and then a pause
the other type I'd like to be able to pull off is just a flasher but it would be for the headlamps. I'd want to have two of these and have them alternate back and forth.
R L R L R L R L
Something like that.....maybe even have the ability to change it if I want to to:
RR LL RR LL RR LL
There is a commercially made on that does similar to what I'd like for the second one, you can take a peek at the design at this ebay link...I don't think the guy has a regular website. This is the link.
I'd be glad to give anything I may have left out. I'm not asking for this just to be handed to me, I like to learn and I'll do some brain work to figure it out, I just don't know what/where to start.