I have a home in a very remote part of the California desert. There is an old 1976 Ford Courier that will never run again but looks good, parked in the front. There are a lot of burglaries out here.
The courier is 70 feet from the road. I would like to light up the tail lights at night to make it look like the truck is running. Solar would be ideal.
Not sure what's possible with making the lights look random. They should look like something a car's tail lights would normally do. I'm thinking emergency flashers, blinkers, brake pedal pushes. I would think that the 12v lights would need to be replaced with LEDs. I don't mind drilling holes into the light housings if necessary. The flashing pattern should be random if possible. Might be fun to also light the parking lights.
This is a small truck so I have room for a large solar cell and batteries. I would like to do it inexpensively if possible. I can solder and put simple circuit boards together but I not familiar with the capabilities of ICs. But I'm thinking if they can do Christmas lights, this shouldn't be impossible.
Speaking of which, would a controller for Christmas lights work? Anyway, I thought this would be a fun project and a chance for you geniuses to show what you got. If it's not practical, oh well, then I'll just give up on the idea. Thanks in advance for any ideas, this board has helped me in the past, and I really appreciate it.
The courier is 70 feet from the road. I would like to light up the tail lights at night to make it look like the truck is running. Solar would be ideal.
Not sure what's possible with making the lights look random. They should look like something a car's tail lights would normally do. I'm thinking emergency flashers, blinkers, brake pedal pushes. I would think that the 12v lights would need to be replaced with LEDs. I don't mind drilling holes into the light housings if necessary. The flashing pattern should be random if possible. Might be fun to also light the parking lights.
This is a small truck so I have room for a large solar cell and batteries. I would like to do it inexpensively if possible. I can solder and put simple circuit boards together but I not familiar with the capabilities of ICs. But I'm thinking if they can do Christmas lights, this shouldn't be impossible.
Speaking of which, would a controller for Christmas lights work? Anyway, I thought this would be a fun project and a chance for you geniuses to show what you got. If it's not practical, oh well, then I'll just give up on the idea. Thanks in advance for any ideas, this board has helped me in the past, and I really appreciate it.
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