"Shimmering" blue LED for engines?

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Matt1982
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"Shimmering" blue LED for engines?

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I'v been in a "make my own custom PCB circuit boards" kick recently.

My 2010 Galactica has static blue LEDs for the engines. I want to have shimmering LEDs. Electronically how can this be done?

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You can use a simple 555 timer for that fast blink or if you want it to be more 'random' microcontroller PWM programming is the solution.
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will getting the chip from tea candle leds work?
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Major Focker wrote:will getting the chip from tea candle leds work?
That has worked for me a couple of times and it's easy-peasy and cheap.
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Major Focker wrote:will getting the chip from tea candle leds work?
I did that for my Stargazer Serenity build. Swapped the amber and yellow LEDs for white ones and tinted them blue.

By the way, the boards will handle 9 volts with no problems, just change out the LEDs first. :wink:
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Major Focker wrote:will getting the chip from tea candle leds work?
I did that for my Stargazer Serenity build. Swapped the amber and yellow LEDs for white ones and tinted them blue.

By the way, the boards will handle 9 volts with no problems, just change out the LEDs first. :wink:
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I never thought of trying a voltage increase with those tea candles. Good to know!
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