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2earth 10 days ago

A one-day electronics project to make two flashing-LED Belisha beacon outfits. Hope you enjoy!

niwtsol 4 days ago | parent [-]

Thanks for sharing your fun project. Do you mind eli5 the logic of the circuit for someone unfamiliar with circuits?

2earth 4 days ago | parent [-]

Sure!

The battery provides approx 6V - the timing circuit uses a 555 IC to create a pulsed signal. The combination of resistor and capacitor values determines the period of oscillation. Then, the output signal from this circuit is used to switch a transistor on and off. That makes/breaks a connection from the battery to the LED strings.

I also added a switch to select between the red LED and Yellow LED strings.

Will draw the final circuit if I get some time :)