You got me with, "I'm gonna be seeing spots for the next week".. that's funny stuff. thanks for the giggle.
@PunakiviAddikti8 жыл бұрын
If you use the transistor amplifier and install a very carefully chosen capacitor value you can make the flickering softer but it still does flicker.
@jeriellsworth13 жыл бұрын
Very interesting.
@STARFIRESOLAR13 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a Morse Code message. I think it said " Help, I'm being held prisoner in an LED factory"
@felixbt821 Жыл бұрын
😂
@evil-mad-scientist11 жыл бұрын
The article in the link does say exactly which transistor we used; this is just the video that goes along with the full article.
@ch.l_5 жыл бұрын
My grandparents have an early version of a flicker candle. I installed a little head phones speaker in series and it plays a chinese(?) melody. One can spot these LEDs by their unrealistic blinking.
@evil-mad-scientist11 жыл бұрын
We would normally use a microcontroller if we wanted to edit the flickering pattern; you may wish to do the same.
@evil-mad-scientist11 жыл бұрын
The flickering rate is determined by the chip inside the LED, and can't be changed after the LED is built.
@techtinkerin Жыл бұрын
Great idea! Good for a radio beacon😎👍
@achemachew13 жыл бұрын
Could be used in a rap beat!
@Sarahbuildsstepsequencers7 жыл бұрын
Well done, sir! I'm wondering where I might acquire such a 1 watt led.
@epakai6 ай бұрын
Check some place like Canada, or one of the rogue nations.
@rupert2748 жыл бұрын
It's a shame and pretty stupid that the LEDs don't have flat/inverted cone tops to make them emit more light to the side as you'd expect from a flame.
@PunakiviAddikti8 жыл бұрын
There are other variations of these LEDs: a diffused version (the smoky ones that spread the light better) and a side emitting variation that only spreads the light sideways using a cone shape drilled into the LED from above to reflect the light sideways.
@statusproductions902113 жыл бұрын
seeing Oksay's videos makes me want the ability to double subscribe
@vk2zay13 жыл бұрын
Interesting that the PWM frequency is fairly low. What's the bet it uses a feedback shift register pseudorandom generator and just PWMs a few bits of it? Would be interesting to collect the output for a while and autocorrelate it to recover the length and maybe guess the polynomial.
@awesomepetertv11 жыл бұрын
oh okay, guess ill have to find another solution! thank you very much for the reply!
@evil-mad-scientist11 жыл бұрын
YES, we already share the schematics-- follow the link, silly.
@achemachew13 жыл бұрын
I'm so going to do this because I have a piezo buzzer that I gutted from an old cordless phone from the 90's they were just going to throw away at work.
@jimmysgameclips13 жыл бұрын
Very cool
@statusproductions902113 жыл бұрын
seeing Oksay's videos makes me want the ability to double subscribe or double like
@olddanb18 жыл бұрын
Superb circuit, but my secondary LED (several in parallel) light up a dimmer than they would normally run.I would be very grateful if you could tell me how to get the secondary LEDs up to normal brightness.Al the best.
@evil-mad-scientist8 жыл бұрын
+Donald Baker You can turn up the current, up to the current limit of your LEDs. If you're running multiple LEDs in parallel, then try adjusting the load resistor value on each of those LEDs.
@superdau8 жыл бұрын
Most likely you picked a transistor that does not have enough amplification (often called h_fe in the datasheet). Make sure your transistor can provide enough current and that the base current is high enough to drive the transistor fully. Btw. I hope all of your parallel LEDs got their own series resistors. Otherwise you're asking for trouble.
@olddanb18 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much superdau. I'll see what I can do.
@evil-mad-scientist11 жыл бұрын
With a big enough transistor, you can power an unlimited number of LEDs.
@prabhakarmandal8296 Жыл бұрын
Sir ,please ,this product purchase link flickering led
@awesomepetertv11 жыл бұрын
this is awesome, been looking all day online for a solution to this. im making a prop for a costume i wanna wear, and essentially making an energy sword prop from plexiglass and didnt want it to light up with basic led lights alone. i wanted that lficker look to create the energy look you know? also, is there any way i could possibly speed up the flicker? thank you!
@benjaminaalbk479411 жыл бұрын
It would be nice, if you could tell exact which transister you have used ;)
@drakkorvladimir40125 жыл бұрын
COOL !
@sbaization8 жыл бұрын
Cool!
@Komodo255511 жыл бұрын
greate dude! :D can you hook up unlimited leds to the flickering led or would that destroy the circuit?
@ManuFortiMcCoy11 жыл бұрын
Care to share the schematics? I would love to make this for a lantern effect. Can you get that 1w light in yellow?
@evil-mad-scientist13 жыл бұрын
@STARFIRESOLAR You win this thread.
@sonicase13 жыл бұрын
how do you think the IC works ? just some pseudo-random value generator for current fluctuation?