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Step 6Final thoughts
In retrospect 25 blinking red LEDs is not as romantic as I had first envisioned. At best it projects a warm, slowly moving red light on the wall akin to a dying fire. At worst it looks like some old tymey computer. Depending on your company this might be sexy, but everyone will know your a nerd.
The really cool part of working with lots of blinking leds is the realization that none of them work on the same timer. Low quality standards during manufacture means slight differences in each led, no two are alike. Put three together and they chase each other endlessly one way then the other. Add more and other patterns seem to emerge and fade away all by them selfs. This means sudo random effects can be accomplished without complicated micro controllers or programing skills. Impress your friends, people inherently want to believe order is present where none exists.
*EDIT* Feb 27
By popular demand i took some extra photos of the finished product.
And an extra video:
Eat your heart out kids.
*edit* July 21
Existence is random.
Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long.
No meaning save what we choose to impose.
The really cool part of working with lots of blinking leds is the realization that none of them work on the same timer. Low quality standards during manufacture means slight differences in each led, no two are alike. Put three together and they chase each other endlessly one way then the other. Add more and other patterns seem to emerge and fade away all by them selfs. This means sudo random effects can be accomplished without complicated micro controllers or programing skills. Impress your friends, people inherently want to believe order is present where none exists.
*EDIT* Feb 27
By popular demand i took some extra photos of the finished product.
And an extra video:
Eat your heart out kids.
*edit* July 21
Existence is random.
Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long.
No meaning save what we choose to impose.
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Oct 19, 2008. 10:56 PMjavier7high
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schematics of the wiring?
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Oct 20, 2008. 6:16 AMPwntalive (author)
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its just a power supply and a load. If you need a schematic for that, perhaps you shouldn't be using power tools called for in step 2. Srsly, did you even read this instructable?
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Oct 20, 2008. 7:16 PMjavier7high
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lol yeah sorry. its just that i dont want to burn my poor leds from wiring em wrongly im new in electronics u know. but i found another instructable better explained. sorry for the stupid question
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Feb 29, 2008. 11:03 AMMexicalex
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Awesome. I totally think it's romantic...
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