How can I make a luxeon blink?
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beemerphile
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Turn the power on and off 
Lee
Leetreek13
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JSWrightOC
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There are a million different ways to make ANYTHING blink. Perhaps the simplest solution is to build a single transistor oscilator circuit, but the output transitions tend to be soft and you can't load them that well. Your best bet might be to take a 555 and then drive a MOSFET or even a bipolar transistor which will switch your Luxeon circuit. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
It would be easy to vary the on and off times, both can be done with variable resistors.
It would be easy to vary the on and off times, both can be done with variable resistors.
JSWrightOC
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About those soldering skills....maybe you can convince someone here to do it for you! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Got some plans for something like that? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif I would have someone else do it...but I'm cheap. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif I know it would be messy...but could I just wire up some transistors, ect without a PCB?
Abe Furburger
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zmoz said:
.but could I just wire up some transistors, ect without a PCB?
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Hmmm... and then you could pot it in Epoxy...Nice...
Abe.
zmoz said:
.but could I just wire up some transistors, ect without a PCB?
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Hmmm... and then you could pot it in Epoxy...Nice...
Abe.
LEDagent
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"How do i make a luxeon blink?"
Flash it right in the collimator with a 5W luxeon! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowlaugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ohgeez.gif
Flash it right in the collimator with a 5W luxeon! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowlaugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ohgeez.gif
JSWrightOC
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Actually, yes. What kind of a blink rate? on/off time? I can do a schematic for you. You can assemble it on a prototyping board (available at RS) and all the parts are available from RatShack as well.
JSWrightOC
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how long do you want the on time to be? like a quick, short blink, or a 50/50 blink, or...?
