Hi Bill
Cheers It's great! Really enjoying myself at the moment. A 6/42............Now that would be outstanding. 6 pot controls sounds good. Would 100K pots suffice and I would need to keep a resistor in line I guess for when the pot is set to minimum.
Talking of pots. When the wiper and one end of the track are joined what actually happens? Does a 100K pot become 50K or is the effect more subtle?
The Christmas tree effect is purely down to adhering to your schematic but it was what I thought of your layout when I first saw it Stretching the LED's out would indeed add to the overall effect of pseudo randomness.
I will attempt to work out how to draw up the 6/42 by extrapolating from your original........ But it's more likely I'll scream for help The 556 IC's make for a nice compact dual timer part of the circuit and considerably neater in layout. I will have to consider the most interesting layout of the LED's for best effect.
Perhaps a 2 PCB layout? The chips one and the LED's on the other. Perhaps the pots could be hardwired to the Timer PCB around its periphery. Circular or square?
42 Blue LED's doing their thing I can't wait
I like your long life LED circuits. As you remarked on, I to miss the 3909. It was the first LED IC circuit I built that worked. My Mrs thinks I am a clever chap. I correct her on this fact, if I was clever I wouldn't need to ask for help with this hobby all the time. The only project that irritates her though is the Dalek voice box............... I have built over 30 and tested everyone of them prior to sending them out. I guess it would grate on the nerves a bit .
My Step son is now interested in a circuit to do a Blue LED chaser light for the lip of the front spoiler on the car in the pattern of the 'night rider' lights. So the triple 4017 circuit with the 2N7000 mosfet mod and signal diodes to effect the sweep action of the LED's.............. So much to do so little time!
regards
Fenris
Cheers It's great! Really enjoying myself at the moment. A 6/42............Now that would be outstanding. 6 pot controls sounds good. Would 100K pots suffice and I would need to keep a resistor in line I guess for when the pot is set to minimum.
Talking of pots. When the wiper and one end of the track are joined what actually happens? Does a 100K pot become 50K or is the effect more subtle?
The Christmas tree effect is purely down to adhering to your schematic but it was what I thought of your layout when I first saw it Stretching the LED's out would indeed add to the overall effect of pseudo randomness.
I will attempt to work out how to draw up the 6/42 by extrapolating from your original........ But it's more likely I'll scream for help The 556 IC's make for a nice compact dual timer part of the circuit and considerably neater in layout. I will have to consider the most interesting layout of the LED's for best effect.
Perhaps a 2 PCB layout? The chips one and the LED's on the other. Perhaps the pots could be hardwired to the Timer PCB around its periphery. Circular or square?
42 Blue LED's doing their thing I can't wait
I like your long life LED circuits. As you remarked on, I to miss the 3909. It was the first LED IC circuit I built that worked. My Mrs thinks I am a clever chap. I correct her on this fact, if I was clever I wouldn't need to ask for help with this hobby all the time. The only project that irritates her though is the Dalek voice box............... I have built over 30 and tested everyone of them prior to sending them out. I guess it would grate on the nerves a bit .
My Step son is now interested in a circuit to do a Blue LED chaser light for the lip of the front spoiler on the car in the pattern of the 'night rider' lights. So the triple 4017 circuit with the 2N7000 mosfet mod and signal diodes to effect the sweep action of the LED's.............. So much to do so little time!
regards
Fenris
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