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Hobbit 77
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Looking for a 5 LED chaser circuit

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Hello,
I'm trying to find a 5 LED chaser circuit for a project. I have found a 10 LED chaser circuit but what I really need is a 5 LED circuit. Any body know of one?

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Yup, Maker's Shed , BG Micro,
Curious Inventor, Fun Gizmos

They will range from $10 for a kit to $15 for assembled. I've purchased from all of the above and they are reliable and trustworthy.

Cheers,

JM
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Thanks, jadedmonk! Just ordered one.

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Post by modeler1964 »

Thanks for the links but they all appear to be of the "cylon eye" type. Are there any that will drive in a circle pattern aka TOS Enterprise nacelles?
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How good are you at soldering? All that is necessary to turn this cylon eye into a bussard collector is arranging the LEDs in a circle and choosing a pattern that works for you.

I do recall someone cobbling together an LED bussard collector... but i can't for the life of me remember where I saw it or if he was offering a kit. I will look around and update if I find anything.

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Post by tetsujin »

JadedMonk wrote:How good are you at soldering? All that is necessary to turn this cylon eye into a bussard collector is arranging the LEDs in a circle and choosing a pattern that works for you.
If you rearranged a Cylon eye into a circular pattern, it would probably go kind of slow for nacelles - plus it would spin one way then double-back the other way...

Just build a timer + 4017 decade counter circuit - tie the sixth output to the counter's "reset" line - boom, 5-step counter. $15 is pretty steep for a 5-LED chaser...
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Post by en'til Zog »

And the schematic, fresh from elsewhere in this forum:

http://www.kc6sye.com/images/circuits/4 ... pdated.jpg

That's a 200,000 ohm variable resistance, by the way.
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Post by Madman Lighting »

Well... I happen to have a new product that does exactly what you want.

http://www.starshipmodeler.biz/index.cf ... ct_ID=1485

Delux Spinner has two disks with ten LEDs each, 5 red, 5 yellow. One of my flasher cards is programmed to make it chase.

O yea, watch it on YouTube too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEqj-nircKM

Enjoy!

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