my states laws require my tail lights to be visible from 200 meters away, with 30 running red 6000mcd LEDs per tail, and another 25 16000mcd for brake, 10 25000mcd white LEDs for reverse and 5 arrows of 5x 25000mcd amber LEDs for my arrows.. it will be more than visible, even with a 50% tint, probably blinding..so i might put a pot on them :/...the indicator has to flash faster than 60bpm, i checked with my regulations and scrolling between arrows counts as flashing. all of my LED's have a range of up to 65% at 70degrees in any direction.
I'm in Australia, and unless my car was shipped overnight to Canada and back the next day while someone took it for a test drive, I doubt it was me.
I've already put through the proposal to regency (regulations commission) and they said its perfectly fine and visible, not to mention this is mainly for a show car.
Back on topic, ParkingLotLust,
The circuit you described, is that basically (from what i understand, remember I'm a complete novice at this) the output pin on the decade counter serves as a switch to a separate 12v circuit (your circuit) for each "arrow"? Also, in the circuit, if I was connecting this to each output pin..would I need a diode, seen as its got a power supply on it?
Thanks MikeMI for clearing that up too.