Hello all, I was wondering if anybody will be able to help me, no doubt they will.
Whilst about to embark on a model building spree, I thought that a nice way to finish off a nice model would be to light it up. Having searched far and wide, I can't quite see a solution to my problem that doesn't involve programming chips (of which I have no way of doing so) or some really complicated means of going about this.
Having left school almost 10 years ago and not using any of the electronics I learned, have subsequently forgotten most of it, but the basic theory is just about in place.
Now then, the project: What I'm looking at doing is putting LEDs (open to other light sources if they would do the trick) of strobe, nav, landing lights and beacons in the model. The requirements would be:
Strobe x2 white doing a double flash
Beacon x2 red flashing once every 2 seconds
Nav Lights- 1x red & 1x Green on constantly
Landing Lights x2 white on constantly
Plus potential for a couple of other LEDs to be on constantly for other lighting requirements (Fibre optics etc.)
The power source I'm thinking of would be a standard 9V battery and as mentioned earlier in the post I have no means of programming chips with long numerical names.
I've read Bill_Marsden's posts and similar forum posts about emergency vehicles, but am useless when it comes to working out what does what and how to apply it to my situation, especially when I have solid lights to go on too.
The effect I'd be looking for would be something similar to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB_BLPrFQjU
Except the red pulsing lights would be a flash with the aforementioned period.
The LEDs don't necessarily have to be bright or powerful, just enough to look decent on a model.
I hope someone can help me as I've become useless at this kind of thing.
Thanks
Whilst about to embark on a model building spree, I thought that a nice way to finish off a nice model would be to light it up. Having searched far and wide, I can't quite see a solution to my problem that doesn't involve programming chips (of which I have no way of doing so) or some really complicated means of going about this.
Having left school almost 10 years ago and not using any of the electronics I learned, have subsequently forgotten most of it, but the basic theory is just about in place.
Now then, the project: What I'm looking at doing is putting LEDs (open to other light sources if they would do the trick) of strobe, nav, landing lights and beacons in the model. The requirements would be:
Strobe x2 white doing a double flash
Beacon x2 red flashing once every 2 seconds
Nav Lights- 1x red & 1x Green on constantly
Landing Lights x2 white on constantly
Plus potential for a couple of other LEDs to be on constantly for other lighting requirements (Fibre optics etc.)
The power source I'm thinking of would be a standard 9V battery and as mentioned earlier in the post I have no means of programming chips with long numerical names.
I've read Bill_Marsden's posts and similar forum posts about emergency vehicles, but am useless when it comes to working out what does what and how to apply it to my situation, especially when I have solid lights to go on too.
The effect I'd be looking for would be something similar to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB_BLPrFQjU
Except the red pulsing lights would be a flash with the aforementioned period.
The LEDs don't necessarily have to be bright or powerful, just enough to look decent on a model.
I hope someone can help me as I've become useless at this kind of thing.
Thanks