NewcastleSAR
New Member
Hi Folks..
Just joined the form and looking a bit of assistance.
Basically, due to family connections, I'm looking to build a circuit that will simulate the flashing of a lighthouse using an LED. I know there are some circuits on the forum and elsewhere but this is slightly different.
What I would like to use is the solar panel and charging circuit as used in garden lighting with the inbuilt 'dusk' switch so the circuit for the 'flashing' bit basically has to work around 2.4volts. Things get really interesting now as I would like to use a PIC to control the light flashing.
The reason? I know it may be overkill to use a PIC but as most people will know, every lighthouse has its own characteristic 'flash' e.g 2 Light flashes every 6 seconds or 4 flashes every 8 second followed by a 16 second pause before repeating itself.
I've been told that I could use the 16LF628 PIC as it works down to 2.0v I'm interested in peoples views on this.
Am I talking drivel in trying to get this to work. Basically, rather than just having the Garden Light switch them selves on at dusk, I'm looking to add a different slant by have 4 or 5 of thes garden lights flash the sequence of selected 'lighthouse' characteristics as soon as dusk approached. Thes units will all be self charging and activating
Regards
Declan Barry
Just joined the form and looking a bit of assistance.
Basically, due to family connections, I'm looking to build a circuit that will simulate the flashing of a lighthouse using an LED. I know there are some circuits on the forum and elsewhere but this is slightly different.
What I would like to use is the solar panel and charging circuit as used in garden lighting with the inbuilt 'dusk' switch so the circuit for the 'flashing' bit basically has to work around 2.4volts. Things get really interesting now as I would like to use a PIC to control the light flashing.
The reason? I know it may be overkill to use a PIC but as most people will know, every lighthouse has its own characteristic 'flash' e.g 2 Light flashes every 6 seconds or 4 flashes every 8 second followed by a 16 second pause before repeating itself.
I've been told that I could use the 16LF628 PIC as it works down to 2.0v I'm interested in peoples views on this.
Am I talking drivel in trying to get this to work. Basically, rather than just having the Garden Light switch them selves on at dusk, I'm looking to add a different slant by have 4 or 5 of thes garden lights flash the sequence of selected 'lighthouse' characteristics as soon as dusk approached. Thes units will all be self charging and activating
Regards
Declan Barry