Fakenflicker: LED Candle

Celebrate Christmas the old fashioned way the fakenflicker LED candle!

The fakenflicker is a tiny, battery powered candle simulator. 3 colored LED's authentically flicker and fade, just like a real candle, controlled by a PICaxe 08M.

This project was designed by propellanttech. You can get the kit or bare pcb from Gadget Gangster and download a PDF version of this howto.  If you get the kit, the PICaxe will come pre-programmed, but the board has a programming cable connector if you'd like to reprogram it.

Here's a little video of the candle in action:


Warm up your soldering iron and get started!

Step 1 Parts List

Let's start by checking to make sure you have all the parts necessary;

• Fakenflicker PCB
• 3xAA Battery Box
• PICaxe 08M and 8 Pin dip socket
• 3x 120 ohm Resistors (Brown - Red - Brown)
• 1x 10k ohm Resistor (Brown - Black - Orange)
• 1x 22k ohm Resistor (Red - Red - Orange)
• 2x .1 uF ceramic capacitors
• 3x colored LCD's
• Optional - 3.5mm headphone jack to program the PICaxe

Comments

[blinkyblinky]

Do you have a schematic?

[vroom350]

I tried to download for BAS but realized that Pro Member only as must pay, I hacked got full download with BAS done, thanks, its great.

[Phil B]

 I think maybe the video did not load with your Instructable.  I see the space for it, but no video.

This looks interesting.

[lemonie]

Click on it to activate. It looks a bit "windy" to me, but the effect is good.

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[Gadget Gangster]

It was windy in my bathroom :)

It's a fairly good effect - not perfect, but pretty good.  One cool thing about the board, though, is that the headphone jack is right there if you want to reprogram or modify the software.  And the sourcecode and board design are on the project page. 

[Gadget Gangster]

Really?  Can you try it again?  I also put it on youtube (here).  Not that's an exciting video (and my camera is pretty wimpy), but it gives you an idea of how the candle looks. 

[Phil B]

The video link does not appear in my Apple's Safari browser.  But, when I realized lemonie was able to view the video, I tried Microsoft's Internet Explorer.  The link appears in IE and I have been able to view it.  Thanks.