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blinking things

this is a rebranded project, sorry guys. take your skulls/likes back if you want :)

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This project was created on 02/17/2016 and last updated 2 years ago.

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This is supposed to be a generic 555 timer, 4017 decade counter and ULN2004 multiple stage blinking prop board. Every classic science fiction has a prop that blinks. Most of them have four stages. classic 4 stage blinking prop board. Also attiny85 versions to find here and other mcus, this is a blinking things project.

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starblinken.sch

sch - 720.64 kB - 07/29/2018 at 10:05

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  • boom, starblinken kit is on tindie!

    davedarko • 09/06/2018 at 09:34 • 0 comments

    I've tested and verified my design and put it on tindie btw. :)

    --End of Advertisement--

    https://www.tindie.com/products/davedarko/starblinken-diy-kit/

  • here's a little video

    davedarko • 07/29/2018 at 14:23 • 0 comments

  • verified the board design

    davedarko • 07/22/2018 at 14:34 • 0 comments

    I hand wired a combo of NE555, CD4017 and two ULN2003 chips. I also spray painted the protoboard before that. The capacitor I chose is a bit too small, so the animation is a bit too fast. I'll need to grab a 2uF instead of a 1uF cap. Definitely need to add a 100nF cap for the 555 and maybe some more all around. 

    here's a link to it working: 

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BliYSjGDVXg/?taken-by=davedarkocom

  • working on a star blinken thing

    davedarko • 07/20/2018 at 07:10 • 0 comments

    finally came back to this :)

  • RGBY LEDs

    davedarko • 05/14/2017 at 09:55 • 0 comments

    http://www.ebay.de/itm/172664995172

    I've ordered some of CNLohr's RGBY LEDs for my WeMos shield, will update this once they arrive :)

  • HT16K33 board arrived

    davedarko • 05/11/2017 at 19:09 • 1 comment

    Board works :)

  • HT16K33 board for 11x7 LED matrix

    davedarko • 04/15/2017 at 16:04 • 5 comments

    I recently bought a cool 11x7 matrix, that is just great to display 4 3x5 digits and I want to control it with the well supported HT16K33 - so here's a not so beautiful and highly convoluted board for that.

  • 2nd try - this time with SK6812 LEDs

    davedarko • 03/03/2017 at 17:51 • 0 comments

    Definitely mooooaaar white :)

  • Got scammed on aliexpress? meh

    davedarko • 03/01/2017 at 11:40 • 7 comments

    So I thought I've bought the new SK6812 with RGBNW on aliexpress.com, but instead I received some standard RGB WS2812 LEDs - not cool :( but the shield works. Now I've bought half of the LEDs for the same price on eBay, let's see how that will turn out ;) dispute on aliexpress was opened, hoping for at least some refund.


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  • 3 little boards - blinky stuff

    davedarko • 02/10/2017 at 19:37 • 2 comments

    Wemos 2812B moaaaar LEDs shield

    After seeing RGBW LEDs on the Adafruit stream I quickly went on Aliexpress to buy some and then designed a Wemos D1 shield for them, just not with only one LED.


    SMD LED bargraph for breadboards (with Resistors)

    A classic, but I was in the mood to design it.


    RGB LEDs charlie-plexed pinout

    This is basically the layout of one column of a 4x4x4 RGB LED cube...

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rajulavanya924 wrote 02/18/2016 at 05:57 • point

this really amazing

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Benchoff wrote 02/17/2016 at 20:04 • point

You know you can rent the "star trek random science prop" for $700/week, right?

https://www.modernprops.com/Details1b.asp?dept=195&category=290&item=1

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davedarko wrote 02/18/2016 at 09:06 • point

yes, I've seen that :) It's been in many movies and series so far.. I guess I have to build that with the board as well, but smaller :D 

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Mangus Tiranus wrote 03/01/2017 at 13:00 • point

The laser neon blinky thing has also been in Alriplane 2 :p And Battlestar Galactica, Prolly the most widely used prop ever :D 

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davedarko wrote 03/01/2017 at 14:21 • point

love it :)

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