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Tom Biasi
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Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:10 pm
On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:43:24 -0500, "Cliff Hartle" <cknjsp_at_msn.com>
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http://evilmadscience.com/component/content/article/189
"Cliff Hartle" <cknjsp_at_msn.com> wrote in message
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Pretty sure I have posted this before, but has anyone ever seen the
flickering LEDs they use in tea light candles by themselves?
I just need the led not everthing else like the 2032 batteries or the case
like if I bought them from a store.
Good find! Perseverance pays.
"Cliff Hartle" <cknjsp_at_msn.com> wrote in message
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Pretty sure I have posted this before, but has anyone ever seen the
flickering LEDs they use in tea light candles by themselves?
I just need the led not everthing else like the 2032 batteries or the case
like if I bought them from a store.
Good find! Perseverance pays.
I am saving this link.
Tom
Cliff Hartle
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Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:15 am
"Tom Biasi" <tombiasi_at_optonline.net> wrote in message
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On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:43:24 -0500, "Cliff Hartle" <cknjsp_at_msn.com
wrote:
http://evilmadscience.com/component/content/article/189
"Cliff Hartle" <cknjsp_at_msn.com> wrote in message
news:jc2ps3$ca2$1_at_speranza.aioe.org...
Pretty sure I have posted this before, but has anyone ever seen the
flickering LEDs they use in tea light candles by themselves?
I just need the led not everthing else like the 2032 batteries or the
case
like if I bought them from a store.
Good find! Perseverance pays.
I am saving this link.
Tom
wrote:
http://evilmadscience.com/component/content/article/189
"Cliff Hartle" <cknjsp_at_msn.com> wrote in message
news:jc2ps3$ca2$1_at_speranza.aioe.org...
Pretty sure I have posted this before, but has anyone ever seen the
flickering LEDs they use in tea light candles by themselves?
I just need the led not everthing else like the 2032 batteries or the
case
like if I bought them from a store.
Good find! Perseverance pays.
I am saving this link.
Tom
When I found this site I was like where has this site been all my life. It
only took me year.
I so want an Egg Bot. Also the mini breadboards look something I would
want.
They also have a ton of stuff to do with their stuff. Like using the
flicker LED to drive a 1W LED to make real fire light. I had a project last
year where I needed "stage fire" in a Sousaphone. I could have hooked up
some small multi LED flashlights and have been set.
I spent all afternoon reading and checking out their youtube videos. I
better be carful before I get fired.
Cliff Hartle
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Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:19 am
"Ian Field" <gangprobing.alien_at_ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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stratus46_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Dec 11, 12:23 pm, "Ian Field" <gangprobing.al...@ntlworld.com
wrote:
"Cliff Hartle" <ckn...@msn.com> wrote in message
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Pretty sure I have posted this before, but has anyone ever seen the
flickering LEDs they use in tea light candles by themselves?
I just need the led not everthing else like the 2032 batteries or the
case
like if I bought them from a store.
The only flickering LED is a faulty one, the flickering is done by a
chip.
ISTR one of the science shows on TV saying that Philips discovered the
most
natural looking flicker was produced by driving the LED with a melody
chip.
I and some friends have a patent on making simulated fire light by
using random noise and filters to go from a a flickering candle to
the house burning down. Big fires look better with multiple channels.
I know it works fine in a small Freescale chip so you could a PIC or
any processor you like. It would be an excellent programming
exercise.
Are you one of those people who always has to use a microcontroller when
most people would use a simple circuit with only a couple of transistors?
Well if you see my last post you will see I found a source and much more.
One thing I found in my research was someone gutted a LED tea light and it
was one with the external chip. They hooked it up to a mini speaker and it
played "Happy Birthday". Seems they used surplus musical birthday chips to
make their fire.
Jasen Betts
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Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:26 pm
On 2011-12-13, Cliff Hartle <cknjsp_at_msn.com> wrote:
Quote:
One thing I found in my research was someone gutted a LED tea light and it
was one with the external chip. They hooked it up to a mini speaker and it
played "Happy Birthday". Seems they used surplus musical birthday chips to
make their fire.
was one with the external chip. They hooked it up to a mini speaker and it
played "Happy Birthday". Seems they used surplus musical birthday chips to
make their fire.
Problably Disney sued, and they couldn't do anything audio with their "happy
birthday" chips.
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Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:34 pm
On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:43:24 -0500, "Cliff Hartle" <cknjsp_at_msn.com>
wrote:
Quote:
http://evilmadscience.com/component/content/article/189
"Cliff Hartle" <cknjsp_at_msn.com> wrote in message
news:jc2ps3$ca2$1_at_speranza.aioe.org...
Pretty sure I have posted this before, but has anyone ever seen the
flickering LEDs they use in tea light candles by themselves?
I just need the led not everthing else like the 2032 batteries or the case
like if I bought them from a store.
One of the direct from Hong Kong (ebay) stores would probably be
"Cliff Hartle" <cknjsp_at_msn.com> wrote in message
news:jc2ps3$ca2$1_at_speranza.aioe.org...
Pretty sure I have posted this before, but has anyone ever seen the
flickering LEDs they use in tea light candles by themselves?
I just need the led not everthing else like the 2032 batteries or the case
like if I bought them from a store.
One of the direct from Hong Kong (ebay) stores would probably be
cheapest if you don't mind waiting a week or two.
http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G17848
http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G18571
Most of goldmine's stuff goes on sale periodically for much better
prices
http://www.goldmine-elec.com/ sale flyer
Ian Field
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Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:45 pm
"Cliff Hartle" <cknjsp_at_msn.com> wrote in message
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"Ian Field" <gangprobing.alien_at_ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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stratus46_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Dec 11, 12:23 pm, "Ian Field" <gangprobing.al...@ntlworld.com
wrote:
"Cliff Hartle" <ckn...@msn.com> wrote in message
news:jc2ps3$ca2$1_at_speranza.aioe.org...
Pretty sure I have posted this before, but has anyone ever seen the
flickering LEDs they use in tea light candles by themselves?
I just need the led not everthing else like the 2032 batteries or the
case
like if I bought them from a store.
The only flickering LED is a faulty one, the flickering is done by a
chip.
ISTR one of the science shows on TV saying that Philips discovered the
most
natural looking flicker was produced by driving the LED with a melody
chip.
I and some friends have a patent on making simulated fire light by
using random noise and filters to go from a a flickering candle to
the house burning down. Big fires look better with multiple channels.
I know it works fine in a small Freescale chip so you could a PIC or
any processor you like. It would be an excellent programming
exercise.
Are you one of those people who always has to use a microcontroller when
most people would use a simple circuit with only a couple of transistors?
Well if you see my last post you will see I found a source and much more.
One thing I found in my research was someone gutted a LED tea light and
it was one with the external chip. They hooked it up to a mini speaker
and it played "Happy Birthday". Seems they used surplus musical birthday
chips to make their fire.
I pointed out that they use melody chips 2 days ago.
Tom Biasi
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Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:27 pm
On 13 Dec 2011 12:26:53 GMT, Jasen Betts <jasen_at_xnet.co.nz> wrote:
Quote:
On 2011-12-13, Cliff Hartle <cknjsp_at_msn.com> wrote:
One thing I found in my research was someone gutted a LED tea light and it
was one with the external chip. They hooked it up to a mini speaker and it
played "Happy Birthday". Seems they used surplus musical birthday chips to
make their fire.
Problably Disney sued, and they couldn't do anything audio with their "happy
birthday" chips.
One thing I found in my research was someone gutted a LED tea light and it
was one with the external chip. They hooked it up to a mini speaker and it
played "Happy Birthday". Seems they used surplus musical birthday chips to
make their fire.
Problably Disney sued, and they couldn't do anything audio with their "happy
birthday" chips.
I wasn't aware that Disney acquired the copyright.
Tom
krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
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Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:33 am
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:27:22 -0500, Tom Biasi <tombiasi_at_optonline.net> wrote:
Quote:
On 13 Dec 2011 12:26:53 GMT, Jasen Betts <jasen_at_xnet.co.nz> wrote:
On 2011-12-13, Cliff Hartle <cknjsp_at_msn.com> wrote:
One thing I found in my research was someone gutted a LED tea light and it
was one with the external chip. They hooked it up to a mini speaker and it
played "Happy Birthday". Seems they used surplus musical birthday chips to
make their fire.
Problably Disney sued, and they couldn't do anything audio with their "happy
birthday" chips.
I wasn't aware that Disney acquired the copyright.
On 2011-12-13, Cliff Hartle <cknjsp_at_msn.com> wrote:
One thing I found in my research was someone gutted a LED tea light and it
was one with the external chip. They hooked it up to a mini speaker and it
played "Happy Birthday". Seems they used surplus musical birthday chips to
make their fire.
Problably Disney sued, and they couldn't do anything audio with their "happy
birthday" chips.
I wasn't aware that Disney acquired the copyright.
s/Disney/Time Warner/
Cliff Hartle
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Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:59 am
<krw_at_att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote in message
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Quote:
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:27:22 -0500, Tom Biasi <tombiasi_at_optonline.net
wrote:
On 13 Dec 2011 12:26:53 GMT, Jasen Betts <jasen_at_xnet.co.nz> wrote:
On 2011-12-13, Cliff Hartle <cknjsp_at_msn.com> wrote:
One thing I found in my research was someone gutted a LED tea light
and it
was one with the external chip. They hooked it up to a mini speaker
and it
played "Happy Birthday". Seems they used surplus musical birthday chips
to
make their fire.
Problably Disney sued, and they couldn't do anything audio with their
"happy
birthday" chips.
I wasn't aware that Disney acquired the copyright.
s/Disney/Time Warner/
wrote:
On 13 Dec 2011 12:26:53 GMT, Jasen Betts <jasen_at_xnet.co.nz> wrote:
On 2011-12-13, Cliff Hartle <cknjsp_at_msn.com> wrote:
One thing I found in my research was someone gutted a LED tea light
and it
was one with the external chip. They hooked it up to a mini speaker
and it
played "Happy Birthday". Seems they used surplus musical birthday chips
to
make their fire.
Problably Disney sued, and they couldn't do anything audio with their
"happy
birthday" chips.
I wasn't aware that Disney acquired the copyright.
s/Disney/Time Warner/
Yes Warner does own the copyright, Warner/Chappell. Not Disney, not Time
Warner.
krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz
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Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:02 am
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:59:47 -0500, "Cliff Hartle" <cknjsp_at_msn.com> wrote:
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krw_at_att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote in message
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On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:27:22 -0500, Tom Biasi <tombiasi_at_optonline.net
wrote:
On 13 Dec 2011 12:26:53 GMT, Jasen Betts <jasen_at_xnet.co.nz> wrote:
On 2011-12-13, Cliff Hartle <cknjsp_at_msn.com> wrote:
One thing I found in my research was someone gutted a LED tea light
and it
was one with the external chip. They hooked it up to a mini speaker
and it
played "Happy Birthday". Seems they used surplus musical birthday chips
to
make their fire.
Problably Disney sued, and they couldn't do anything audio with their
"happy
birthday" chips.
I wasn't aware that Disney acquired the copyright.
s/Disney/Time Warner/
Yes Warner does own the copyright, Warner/Chappell. Not Disney, not Time
Warner.
Seems to be some disagreement.
http://www.eldercountry.com/lawyer/may08.shtml
Cliff Hartle
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Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:04 am
"Cliff Hartle" <cknjsp_at_msn.com> wrote in message
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krw_at_att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote in message
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On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:27:22 -0500, Tom Biasi <tombiasi_at_optonline.net
wrote:
On 13 Dec 2011 12:26:53 GMT, Jasen Betts <jasen_at_xnet.co.nz> wrote:
On 2011-12-13, Cliff Hartle <cknjsp_at_msn.com> wrote:
One thing I found in my research was someone gutted a LED tea light
and it
was one with the external chip. They hooked it up to a mini speaker
and it
played "Happy Birthday". Seems they used surplus musical birthday
chips to
make their fire.
Problably Disney sued, and they couldn't do anything audio with their
"happy
birthday" chips.
I wasn't aware that Disney acquired the copyright.
s/Disney/Time Warner/
Yes Warner does own the copyright, Warner/Chappell. Not Disney, not Time
Warner.
Opps Warner/Chappell or what ever it is now appears to be part of what ever
Time Warner is now.
Cliff Hartle
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Guest
Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:12 am
Quote:
s/Disney/Time Warner/
Yes Warner does own the copyright, Warner/Chappell. Not Disney, not Time
Warner.
Seems to be some disagreement.
http://www.eldercountry.com/lawyer/may08.shtml
Yea I figured all the company connections after I posted.Still its not
Disney. Disney did license it for a movie.
Guest
Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:18 am
On Dec 12, 11:29 am, "Ian Field" <gangprobing.al...@ntlworld.com>
wrote:
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stratu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Dec 11, 12:23 pm, "Ian Field" <gangprobing.al...@ntlworld.com
wrote:
"Cliff Hartle" <ckn...@msn.com> wrote in message
news:jc2ps3$ca2$1_at_speranza.aioe.org...
Pretty sure I have posted this before, but has anyone ever seen the
flickering LEDs they use in tea light candles by themselves?
I just need the led not everthing else like the 2032 batteries or the
case
like if I bought them from a store.
The only flickering LED is a faulty one, the flickering is done by a chip.
ISTR one of the science shows on TV saying that Philips discovered the
most
natural looking flicker was produced by driving the LED with a melody
chip.
I and some friends have a patent on making simulated fire light by
using random noise and filters to go from a a flickering candle to
the house burning down. Big fires look better with multiple channels.
I know it works fine in a small Freescale chip so you could a PIC or
any processor you like. It would be an excellent programming
exercise.
Are you one of those people who always has to use a microcontroller
when
most people would use a simple circuit with only a couple of
transistors?
news:c0fbe97f-1b75-4c07-971b-073cc9400636_at_32g2000yqp.googlegroups.com...
On Dec 11, 12:23 pm, "Ian Field" <gangprobing.al...@ntlworld.com
wrote:
"Cliff Hartle" <ckn...@msn.com> wrote in message
news:jc2ps3$ca2$1_at_speranza.aioe.org...
Pretty sure I have posted this before, but has anyone ever seen the
flickering LEDs they use in tea light candles by themselves?
I just need the led not everthing else like the 2032 batteries or the
case
like if I bought them from a store.
The only flickering LED is a faulty one, the flickering is done by a chip.
ISTR one of the science shows on TV saying that Philips discovered the
most
natural looking flicker was produced by driving the LED with a melody
chip.
I and some friends have a patent on making simulated fire light by
using random noise and filters to go from a a flickering candle to
the house burning down. Big fires look better with multiple channels.
I know it works fine in a small Freescale chip so you could a PIC or
any processor you like. It would be an excellent programming
exercise.
Are you one of those people who always has to use a microcontroller
when
most people would use a simple circuit with only a couple of
transistors?
Flicker rate, intensity and light level were continuously adjustable
with 4 channels using a microcontroller powered directly from the 120V
AC line with no power transformer and did it on 2 mA. We tried it
"with only a couple of transistors" and it required far too many
passives with comparatively limited performance. I suggest a
micrcontroller when it is in fact the best way to do the job. And it
IS an excellent programming exercise.
G²
Ian Field
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Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:58 pm
<stratus46_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Dec 12, 11:29 am, "Ian Field" <gangprobing.al...@ntlworld.com>
wrote:
Quote:
stratu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Dec 11, 12:23 pm, "Ian Field" <gangprobing.al...@ntlworld.com
wrote:
"Cliff Hartle" <ckn...@msn.com> wrote in message
news:jc2ps3$ca2$1_at_speranza.aioe.org...
Pretty sure I have posted this before, but has anyone ever seen the
flickering LEDs they use in tea light candles by themselves?
I just need the led not everthing else like the 2032 batteries or the
case
like if I bought them from a store.
The only flickering LED is a faulty one, the flickering is done by a
chip.
ISTR one of the science shows on TV saying that Philips discovered the
most
natural looking flicker was produced by driving the LED with a melody
chip.
I and some friends have a patent on making simulated fire light by
using random noise and filters to go from a a flickering candle to
the house burning down. Big fires look better with multiple channels.
I know it works fine in a small Freescale chip so you could a PIC or
any processor you like. It would be an excellent programming
exercise.
Are you one of those people who always has to use a microcontroller
when
most people would use a simple circuit with only a couple of
transistors?
news:c0fbe97f-1b75-4c07-971b-073cc9400636_at_32g2000yqp.googlegroups.com...
On Dec 11, 12:23 pm, "Ian Field" <gangprobing.al...@ntlworld.com
wrote:
"Cliff Hartle" <ckn...@msn.com> wrote in message
news:jc2ps3$ca2$1_at_speranza.aioe.org...
Pretty sure I have posted this before, but has anyone ever seen the
flickering LEDs they use in tea light candles by themselves?
I just need the led not everthing else like the 2032 batteries or the
case
like if I bought them from a store.
The only flickering LED is a faulty one, the flickering is done by a
chip.
ISTR one of the science shows on TV saying that Philips discovered the
most
natural looking flicker was produced by driving the LED with a melody
chip.
I and some friends have a patent on making simulated fire light by
using random noise and filters to go from a a flickering candle to
the house burning down. Big fires look better with multiple channels.
I know it works fine in a small Freescale chip so you could a PIC or
any processor you like. It would be an excellent programming
exercise.
Are you one of those people who always has to use a microcontroller
when
most people would use a simple circuit with only a couple of
transistors?
Flicker rate, intensity and light level were continuously adjustable
with 4 channels using a microcontroller powered directly from the 120V
AC line with no power transformer and did it on 2 mA. We tried it
"with only a couple of transistors" and it required far too many
passives with comparatively limited performance. I suggest a
micrcontroller when it is in fact the best way to do the job. And it
IS an excellent programming exercise.
Fair enough - but there's an awful lot of people about who always insist on
using a micro when it really isn't neccessary.
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