Introduction: Knight Rider Circuit for RC CARS - COMPLETE & WORKING - Updated 15th March 2012
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This is a NOW COMPLETE & OPERATIONAL !!
Just waiting on a capacitor and a 1k resistor to complete this instructable and i will also be adding a Variable POT not origionally included in the schematics but i will want to mount this onto a perfboard of the smallest possible size and because i have only just started learning electronics - the only way i learn is to throw myself in at the deep-end, so to speak!
Ive left Pictures of the ingredients as well as a list below for what you will need to procure for this awesome and inexpensive little circuit !!!!!!
1x NE555 Bipolar Timer
6x LED (Red)
8x 100R Resistor (1/4W)
2x 220R Resistor (1/4W)
1x 1K Resistor (1/4W)
1x 68K Resistor (1/4W)
1x 3.3 uF Electrolytic Capacitor (16V)
1x 4017 Decoded Decade Counter
1x 9V Voltage battery (also known more commonly as a PP3 Battery {i didnt know this!})
1 x 9v Battery Snap/Clip/Connector/whatever, lol
I bought EVERYTHING ABOVE from EBAY !!! - Nice & Cheap ! NOTE: if you buy resistors, best get them in packs of 100 or it is not worth buying them !
I cannot take credit for the full schematic of this circuit which you will find here and also an awesome forum for people like me who either have NO knowledge of how to put something like this together or that are learning electronics themselves - and if you really want to make this circuit yourself, please get involved in the forum here where you too can learn from the best there is !!!
This is now Fully-Complete, If you want to make this for yourself and dont want to see my messed up tries, skip straight to Step 4 !
Just waiting on a capacitor and a 1k resistor to complete this instructable and i will also be adding a Variable POT not origionally included in the schematics but i will want to mount this onto a perfboard of the smallest possible size and because i have only just started learning electronics - the only way i learn is to throw myself in at the deep-end, so to speak!
Ive left Pictures of the ingredients as well as a list below for what you will need to procure for this awesome and inexpensive little circuit !!!!!!
1x NE555 Bipolar Timer
6x LED (Red)
8x 100R Resistor (1/4W)
2x 220R Resistor (1/4W)
1x 1K Resistor (1/4W)
1x 68K Resistor (1/4W)
1x 3.3 uF Electrolytic Capacitor (16V)
1x 4017 Decoded Decade Counter
1x 9V Voltage battery (also known more commonly as a PP3 Battery {i didnt know this!})
1 x 9v Battery Snap/Clip/Connector/whatever, lol
I bought EVERYTHING ABOVE from EBAY !!! - Nice & Cheap ! NOTE: if you buy resistors, best get them in packs of 100 or it is not worth buying them !
I cannot take credit for the full schematic of this circuit which you will find here and also an awesome forum for people like me who either have NO knowledge of how to put something like this together or that are learning electronics themselves - and if you really want to make this circuit yourself, please get involved in the forum here where you too can learn from the best there is !!!
This is now Fully-Complete, If you want to make this for yourself and dont want to see my messed up tries, skip straight to Step 4 !
Step 1: 1st Try !!!! --- What a Mess !!!
Okay so i couldn't let you folk suffer the absolute mess my 1st perfboard's wiring-work looked like so i decided to do it again in the next step, but ive left this here just to show off my very 1st perfboard in my life !!! (Ripe age of 34 so just goes to show that an old-Dog CAN learn new tricks, lol !)
Step 2: 2nd Try and a Lot Clearer, Neater and Less Solder on the Joints !
Here we go again ! lol
Okay okay, i really had to do this again more for me than you folk because i'm a perfectionist at heart so i had to get it looking-right, even tho the circuitry is going to be hidden inside its own enclosure but the thing is, I'LL know it was a right mess inside, lol !
Also i have better explained Step-by-step on the pictures what i had soldered in order so if any of you out there are as bad as i am with learning electronics, then hopefully this will take most of the headache away as it took me a few days of meticulously referring from 4-6 different diagrams culminating in the final and easier circuit i'm making at the moment !
Ive included the diagrams of the 2 IC chip pin connections here as well so you can see what pins ive been soldering, just also refer to the website i included at the beginning of this instructable for the actual owner of this circuit's video instructions, he's made it on a breadboard so i just adapted it to fit onto a perfboard to fit onto the shell of my RC Buggy !!!
Again, i take no credit for the creation of this circuit as it was not my idea as i've only just started learning electronics, i'm just sharing what i'm doing with it step by step because ive always asked 'electronics experts' in many many forums for help to try to get this circuit onto a perfboard but for months NO-ONE-AT-ALL has helped me out so ive done this to help out anyone that was in my shoes as SHARING IS CARING, FFS....
So called electronics help forums, yeah-right....
Anyhoo, i replaced resistor 'R2' with a 100k Trimmer POT and tuned the POT to the setting that i was happy with so that the speed of the chasing LED's were good enough for me !!!
Okay okay, i really had to do this again more for me than you folk because i'm a perfectionist at heart so i had to get it looking-right, even tho the circuitry is going to be hidden inside its own enclosure but the thing is, I'LL know it was a right mess inside, lol !
Also i have better explained Step-by-step on the pictures what i had soldered in order so if any of you out there are as bad as i am with learning electronics, then hopefully this will take most of the headache away as it took me a few days of meticulously referring from 4-6 different diagrams culminating in the final and easier circuit i'm making at the moment !
Ive included the diagrams of the 2 IC chip pin connections here as well so you can see what pins ive been soldering, just also refer to the website i included at the beginning of this instructable for the actual owner of this circuit's video instructions, he's made it on a breadboard so i just adapted it to fit onto a perfboard to fit onto the shell of my RC Buggy !!!
Again, i take no credit for the creation of this circuit as it was not my idea as i've only just started learning electronics, i'm just sharing what i'm doing with it step by step because ive always asked 'electronics experts' in many many forums for help to try to get this circuit onto a perfboard but for months NO-ONE-AT-ALL has helped me out so ive done this to help out anyone that was in my shoes as SHARING IS CARING, FFS....
So called electronics help forums, yeah-right....
Anyhoo, i replaced resistor 'R2' with a 100k Trimmer POT and tuned the POT to the setting that i was happy with so that the speed of the chasing LED's were good enough for me !!!
Step 3: 3rd Time Lucky ! Lol
Okay so this time i'd finally done it !
Built onto a perfboard and with a short video to show it working and also a better clearer diagram to follow that i deciphered from just under 10 different diagrams and over 10 different help pages googled...
So without further ado, here's the Knight Rider Circuit that would be easy to make for someone like me with little to NO experience with soldering circuits !!!
Built onto a perfboard and with a short video to show it working and also a better clearer diagram to follow that i deciphered from just under 10 different diagrams and over 10 different help pages googled...
So without further ado, here's the Knight Rider Circuit that would be easy to make for someone like me with little to NO experience with soldering circuits !!!
Step 4: Full Step by Step Photo Instructable Thats Now Fully Functional ! (Updated, 26th Feb 2012)
Enjoy Folks, took me about half a day to solder together and was extremely satisfying to see my 1st ever circuit work 1st-time !!!
(Apart from being the 3rd try as my 1st two tries were so messy i couldn't make head-nor-tail out of my own damn work and had to come up with a better diagram to follow, lol !)
Ive left Pictures of the ingredients as well as a list below for what you will need to procure for this awesome and inexpensive little circuit !!!!!!
1x NE555 Bipolar Timer
6x LED (Red)
8x 100R Resistor (1/4W)
2x 220R Resistor (1/4W)
1x 1K Resistor (1/4W)
1x 68K Resistor (1/4W)
1x 3.3 uF Electrolytic Capacitor (16V)
1x 4017 Decoded Decade Counter
1x 9V Voltage battery
(Apart from being the 3rd try as my 1st two tries were so messy i couldn't make head-nor-tail out of my own damn work and had to come up with a better diagram to follow, lol !)
Ive left Pictures of the ingredients as well as a list below for what you will need to procure for this awesome and inexpensive little circuit !!!!!!
1x NE555 Bipolar Timer
6x LED (Red)
8x 100R Resistor (1/4W)
2x 220R Resistor (1/4W)
1x 1K Resistor (1/4W)
1x 68K Resistor (1/4W)
1x 3.3 uF Electrolytic Capacitor (16V)
1x 4017 Decoded Decade Counter
1x 9V Voltage battery
Step 5: Some Extra Finishing Touches, Just to Make It Look Pretty, Lol !
Okay i really couldn't stop fiddling with it..... The Knight Rider Circuit, i meant... lol
As this Circuit is going to be mounted onto my racing buddy's car, Homer, the biggest problem i think we will face is Vibration Damage so some drastic measures had to be taken to insure its integrity in-the-field, so-to-speak !!!!
Here's a few more picture's of the walk-through, for the Vibration-Damage-Prevention...!
Step 6: And Just to Show My Instructable Works Everytime....
I made another Knight Rider Circuit using NO SCHEMATICS, NO DIAGRAMS, NO GOOGLED PAGES & NO OTHER FORM OF HELP !!!!!!!
Here are both Knight Rider Circuits in action:
Here are both Knight Rider Circuits in action:
