Introducing the Pegasus Flasher Board

Matt1982 · Post by **Matt1982** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 9:48 am

https://www.dropbox.com/s/iqsfcxur36oyx ... sboard.jpg

Hi guys, I'd like to share my new pegasus board. Even though I know there are other sellers, I have thought of selling these to the community. I am not sure if its worth it though. I wonder if I could order a 100 etched and drilled boards for a reasonable price.

Here is the plan: It proves a slow flash for the landing entrance of the Pegasus landing bays and it will provide a strobe ... for somewhere!

robiwon · Post by **robiwon** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 11:03 am

Any reasonably priced board that offers some special effects is always welcome. How many LEDs can it support and is the flash rate adjustable?

Matt1982 · Post by **Matt1982** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 8:57 am

If I add a transistor as a driver, it could power many LEDs. A simple variable resistor could adjust the frequency. Luckily, the 555 timers really can push a lot of current anyhow.

Component wise, it isn't that much. I figure $3 for a board (produced in quantity), $1 for 555 timers, and $1 for miscellaneous parts. It is only about $5 in base material costs.

Richard Baker · Post by **Richard Baker** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 10:30 am

While designed for the Pegasus it sounds like a great board for other Hangar Decks/Landing Bays also- I love animated landing lights!

tetsujin · Post by **tetsujin** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:36 pm

If you redesigned it as a microcontroller board, you'd probably pay more for the IC (maybe $3 instead of $1) but you'd be able to do away with a lot of the other components (timing resistors and caps in particular - really everything but the current limiting resistors for the LEDs), and dramatically cut down on the board size (cutting board cost) without packing the components closer together. That would also get you a lot more independently-controlled channels.

Madman Lighting · Post by **Madman Lighting** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:55 pm

Wow.... I don't know anyone who does stuff like that. Imagine, a microcontroller being smaller and more versatile than a 1970's era analog timer chip? Wow.

Neat little board there. Nice job.

Matt1982 · Post by **Matt1982** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 8:40 am

All these fancy smancy micontrollers! Just remember, my little board is cylon virus proof! They can't hack it!

robiwon · Post by **robiwon** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 12:14 pm

I could use one of those in my 3 foot Galactica!

tetsujin · Post by **tetsujin** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:39 pm

Matt1982 wrote:All these fancy smancy micontrollers! Just remember, my little board is cylon virus proof! They can't hack it!

So really a 555 board should be used for Galactica... Other Battlestars should use microcontrollers. :)