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Scrolling LED Third Brake Light!

Picklz

Picklz

SUDO Make me a SAMCH
Yeah, I'm guessing 15 - 20 LED's across x 2 rows...would be really cool to set it up to individually control each LED, could have some pretty cool patterns, but even just each column being individual and the rows tied together would be alright.
 
mndsm

mndsm

I'M OFFENDED!
We could come up with some silly ideas for programs if we could control 40 LED's individually.
 
mndsm

mndsm

I'M OFFENDED!
Heh, this seems to be garnering some real interest. I'm glad I decided I wanted one.
 
Picklz

Picklz

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Alright here's where I'm at, I ordered a PIC programmer as stated above, this weekend I'm going to see about taking the 3rd light apart to see how much room we have to work with, then try and make a decision as to what LED's to use and how many.

At that point I'm going to pickup / order all the parts to build a prototype. I also have to learn how to Program a PIC so this could take a while, but I want to do it for the hell of it.

If / when I manage to get something working that ya'll like I'd be happy to share the program / schematic and program the Microcontrollers - maybe even build a few, however it may be faster to see about spek1098 having a talk with his EE to prototype it out.
 
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StealthSpeed3

StealthSpeed3

Charge THIS!!
i think i want in on this carnage as well. i like the "scrolling" idea, plus on a black car would be a small nod to K.I.T.T.
 
Picklz

Picklz

SUDO Make me a SAMCH
So it looks like the OEM 3rd brake light is around $100 from tonkinparts, definitely more than I was expecting it to run, was hoping to get a spare to modify but not sure I want to spend that kinda cash.

Working on a shopping list for parts to get a test circuit together right now though.
 
dmention7

dmention7

Hater
Ouch yeah, $100 is a lot to spend unless there is a solid plan in place for using it. Hopefully we can get most of the hard stuff done without needing one.
 
Picklz

Picklz

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Alright some more info for this project.

This is a work-log for a custom built from scratch arcylic PC case, its application here is the tools and techniques used in working with the acrylic, which may come in handy if we decide to make our own lense's:

Third post down on this page shows some bending techniques, the whole thread is pretty impressive to see what can be done with some relativly inexpensive tools.
http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=134263&page=3

Sources for Acrylic/Lexan/Plexiglass -
http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/category.php?bid=24&PHPSESSID=200801141120281612608532
http://www.professionalplastics.com...460/sesent/00/Lexan®-9034-Polycarbonate-Sheet
 
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Picklz

Picklz

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Mini Update:

I haven't forgot about this, things are insane at work right now and I just haven't had time to spend working on this at all. Ive got the parts to prototype something, and Just got the programmer. So hopefully I'll have some free time soon to work on this some more.

If anyone else feels they want to take a stab at this in the mean time I'll be happy to loan the programmer out and such otherwise I'll update again when I've made some progress.
 
Z

Z-licious

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One of my majors was computer engineering and programmable microcontrollers was one of my favorite classes. I still remember some stuff, maybe I can answer some of your questions.
 
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mazdamn02

Guest
E-licious said:
One of my majors was computer engineering and programmable microcontrollers was one of my favorite classes. I still remember some stuff, maybe I can answer some of your questions.
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Can you whip me up an ecu-controller for my speed3? That'd be niiice.
 
Picklz

Picklz

SUDO Make me a SAMCH
Alright I got my other PC up and running and got the programmer hooked up to it, so I'm makin some progress, hopefully this week I'll get a chance to try my hand at a sample program of some sort, I still have to order a couple things to assemble a test circuit (couple of the parts were the wrong model).
 
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96HawkCnvt

New Member
MrMatt said:
Alright I got my other PC up and running and got the programmer hooked up to it, so I'm makin some progress, hopefully this week I'll get a chance to try my hand at a sample program of some sort, I still have to order a couple things to assemble a test circuit (couple of the parts were the wrong model).
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FYI, my day job is in electronic components & I have a lot of connections. Let me know if you need any samples (free of course) or anything and I'll do my best to help out.

Todd
 
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