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Very Nice, Love this Design !

Good day to you Joe ! apologies for the delay :)i know how you mean, an LED chaser that chases in one direction only instead of chasing back and forth;i know what you want but unfortunately im not too clever on how to wire it up like that, as ive always wanted the knight-rider back and forth chasing - but...Im sure it wont be too difficult to use your google-fu to find out how to get the LED's to chase in one direction only, from left to right then the LED's start again chasing from left to right - this would be an awesome effect too, im just so sorry i dont know how to do it, but if youve got this setup on a breadboard, im sure you can experiment with the cycles and the 555 timer .OR:.You could use a cheap Arduino to program in this kind of effect AND you could use more than 6 LED's - ...

Good day to you Joe ! apologies for the delay :)i know how you mean, an LED chaser that chases in one direction only instead of chasing back and forth;i know what you want but unfortunately im not too clever on how to wire it up like that, as ive always wanted the knight-rider back and forth chasing - but...Im sure it wont be too difficult to use your google-fu to find out how to get the LED's to chase in one direction only, from left to right then the LED's start again chasing from left to right - this would be an awesome effect too, im just so sorry i dont know how to do it, but if youve got this setup on a breadboard, im sure you can experiment with the cycles and the 555 timer .OR:.You could use a cheap Arduino to program in this kind of effect AND you could use more than 6 LED's - i actually finally found a way to get a 10-LED segment to do the knight rider chasing and SHOULD really update this instructable to show how the Arduino code does it - its via a very intelligent chap online that actually deserves all the credit for this Arduino trick, i will dig out the info and update this post too if youre interested in using a cheap Arduino (£2-3 / or 4-5 USD) roughly :)Let me know if youre interested in this and i'll get on the case asap :)

Good day to you SaintSkinny51792 ! sorry for the delay, Sure thing will do, but due to the years that this post has been helping folks, suppliers come and go, change prices, listings or even stop selling with no info on a provided link displaying anymore (if they've stopped selling)So what i can do is list every component and then link to where i buy all my components from, its a website like Ebay but in my humble opinion, better !www.AliExpress.comBasically, you pay the website for your items but the seller doesnt get the money until YOU report the safe delivery of your Order/s !THEN The seller gets your money ! So this way, i believe the sellers do more to make sure that their stock reaches us wherever we are, they individually have their own restrictions.But i get everything from tha...

Good day to you SaintSkinny51792 ! sorry for the delay, Sure thing will do, but due to the years that this post has been helping folks, suppliers come and go, change prices, listings or even stop selling with no info on a provided link displaying anymore (if they've stopped selling)So what i can do is list every component and then link to where i buy all my components from, its a website like Ebay but in my humble opinion, better !www.AliExpress.comBasically, you pay the website for your items but the seller doesnt get the money until YOU report the safe delivery of your Order/s !THEN The seller gets your money ! So this way, i believe the sellers do more to make sure that their stock reaches us wherever we are, they individually have their own restrictions.But i get everything from that website, cheaper than ebay 95% of the time too plus they ship in bulk quantities, like 100 pcs for the same price it'd cost you to buy 10 pcs from ebay ! Rough rule of thumb lolPlease stand by for corrections to the first section of this ible, will pen down all items required incl single core wire (0.6mm diameter) & breadboard :)Thanks again for the comment, its most appreciated :)

agree with mcgivervii ! and well done on the design process, excellent ingenuity - LOVE IT !!!

Fantastic - Just B-E-A-UTIFUL !nicely made ! - even without clamps !!!

Fantastic ! Thanks for the easy to follow instructable and bonus video !!Simplicity at its best !Keep up the awesome tinkering dude !

absolutely BEAUTIFUL mini low-parts-count MEGA2560 !Well done and thanks for sharing the Eagle files for us lowly peasants to learn from !!VERY Nice work :)

howdy Learner_always ! thanks loads for the feedback, its still an important part of my life learning Arduino systems so this info while still in effect and up to date, needs a re-write on my main blog because nowadays Instructables doesnt show my pictures/photo's in order in-between the text to ALL users unless i have a pro membership, so if you copy it into a word doc for now and insert pic's from each section, it'll all come together, while i re-write this somewhere else lolOnce again man, thanks loads and im real glad this helped you :)

Thanks for sharing !This is perfect for my computer, and liquid cooling system for my PC !the dew point calculations are the most important for my application so that my liquid cooler can chill the liquid/coolant without worrying about condensation forming inside the electronics inside my computer casei wont need the distance sensor i dont think, but will leave it in the code as im so useless with writing Arduino Code that i spend most my days with hand slapped on forehead and crying my eyes out lol.i also dont have the exact light sensor or humidity sensor's, but i have these three:..Humidity & Temp Sensorhttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/Industrial-High-Pr....Light intensity Sensorhttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/TSL2561-Luminosity....DS3231 RTC - much better time keeping accuracyh...

Thanks for sharing !This is perfect for my computer, and liquid cooling system for my PC !the dew point calculations are the most important for my application so that my liquid cooler can chill the liquid/coolant without worrying about condensation forming inside the electronics inside my computer casei wont need the distance sensor i dont think, but will leave it in the code as im so useless with writing Arduino Code that i spend most my days with hand slapped on forehead and crying my eyes out lol.i also dont have the exact light sensor or humidity sensor's, but i have these three:..Humidity & Temp Sensorhttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/Industrial-High-Pr....Light intensity Sensorhttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/TSL2561-Luminosity....DS3231 RTC - much better time keeping accuracyhttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/DS3231-AT24C32-IIC....So i think this will be a major challenge for me, probably gonna take a few months to get the code working properly with the new hardware - wish me luck hehe :).Also anyone with damn good skills in programming with Arduino Code, i would be most grateful for;any tips or tricks needed for changing sensors of the same sensors that were previously used in the 1930's (LDR's,) lol to newer and more upto date sensors loli know this is a very old post, but hoping someone out there still has love for his/her version of these & be able to help me change the libraries and Change/omit the;.DHT211 Library with Si7021 Humidity Library (DIFFICULT lol)RTClib - i think this should also cover the DS3231 RTC Higher Precision RTC Module (Medium Difficulty. lol)Adding a new Library; TSL2561 Luminosity Sensor Library ( Easy - WOOHOO !! LMAO ).Once again, beautiful design, very elegant and simple to follow instructions !

fantastic !!! i LOVE THIS !!!well done, great ingenuity, cant believe how easy youve made it look, omg this is awesome !!!Keep up the inspiring work !!!!!!!! subscribed, following & pestering, lol !

howdy kqb64n4Sorry for pestering you, but i have a quick question;Suppose i was going to use a point & shoot camera specifically for this project and that will be the only use for this camera - so knowing this, if i take the camera apart and find the button/momentary switch that takes a photo - how can i connect this switch directly to the Arduino Pins ??Would i need additional circuitry ? im guessing that it would be 5v (or 3v) on the switch but the camera is powered by two AA Batteries in series, so thats 3v total, roughly...Would i be able to get away with simply wiring up the switch of the camera directly to the Arduino Mega Pins ?If not, what extra Devies/IC's/Components would i need ???i already have some servo's but these are for a different project and i don't want to use a ...

howdy kqb64n4Sorry for pestering you, but i have a quick question;Suppose i was going to use a point & shoot camera specifically for this project and that will be the only use for this camera - so knowing this, if i take the camera apart and find the button/momentary switch that takes a photo - how can i connect this switch directly to the Arduino Pins ??Would i need additional circuitry ? im guessing that it would be 5v (or 3v) on the switch but the camera is powered by two AA Batteries in series, so thats 3v total, roughly...Would i be able to get away with simply wiring up the switch of the camera directly to the Arduino Mega Pins ?If not, what extra Devies/IC's/Components would i need ???i already have some servo's but these are for a different project and i don't want to use a servo on this camera when i can wire up the switch directly- i think i can do it but i don't know if i would need anything else to go along with this hack to make it work.Naturally the code would be needing to be tweaked too.Any help appreciated greatly :)

Wow Awesome !!Thanks for sharing and keeping your design open-source, you ROCK !!.Just curious, how do they make the current hotbeds for 3D Printers that use 12v AND 24v - DUAL voltages but only meant to use ONE at any given time, do you think you would be able to show me a rough diagram of what the PCB traces would look like please please ? if youre curious too hehe :).im asking because im thinking of attempting to etch copper foil thats been directly glued onto Borosilicate glass sheet for a 3D Printer, just as an experiment to see how well it holds up as a heatbed replacement for the aluminum, using high temperature epoxy for attaching the copper foil to the Glass, 213mm x 200mm x 3mm thickness.i just cant work it out how they have the option to use either 12v or 24v, the latter for ...

Wow Awesome !!Thanks for sharing and keeping your design open-source, you ROCK !!.Just curious, how do they make the current hotbeds for 3D Printers that use 12v AND 24v - DUAL voltages but only meant to use ONE at any given time, do you think you would be able to show me a rough diagram of what the PCB traces would look like please please ? if youre curious too hehe :).im asking because im thinking of attempting to etch copper foil thats been directly glued onto Borosilicate glass sheet for a 3D Printer, just as an experiment to see how well it holds up as a heatbed replacement for the aluminum, using high temperature epoxy for attaching the copper foil to the Glass, 213mm x 200mm x 3mm thickness.i just cant work it out how they have the option to use either 12v or 24v, the latter for faster heating of the heatbed..No rush, still acquiring the parts, have the glass and foil, just waiting on the high heat glue to arrive lol.thanks loads in advance for any light shed on this experiment :)

thanks so much for the reply kqb64n4:)thats helps a hell of alot, thanks for the inspiration ! hope restored that i might actually be able to make one of these lolParts collection started lol !

howdy -Zanderthanks loads for the help offer, i might need to yelp for help reading some of the horror stories bout this one but theres so many upgrade pieces that can be printed to make it a much more stable platform and i love soldering, SMD stuff mostly but good with through-hole & high power stuff, so fingers crossed all works but will inspect all electronics out of the box first with heavy scrutiny & soldering iron switched on lol

This is awesome, thanks loads for sharing it, EXACTLY What i needed !!!This is PERFECTLY designed, hats off to ya man, well done !!! Great job and your prints look amazing ! Which 3D printer do you have, sorry i may have missed it in the text loli have an Anet A8 on its way, beggars cant be choosers lol, was almost the cheapest on the market nowadays, there was a smaller one for £10 less but i wanted a bigger build plant :)