kzmason wrote:
I will probably ask Loudvhx about this too, but how hard would it be to make it stop flashing, and just stay on solid, after so many flashes so that it could be a brake light modulator?<br><br>Post edited by: kzmason, at: 2008/03/07 21:46
I would just use a 556 chip. It's just two 555's in one package. One of the timers would be as Bountyhunter drew it (but with a much faster flash rate for a brake modulator), and the other timer would just be a one-shot timed to about 1 or 2 seconds to stop the flashing. My turn/brake/headlight integrator uses the same circuit, but with a slower flash rate and much longer time-out. But is it worth it, how much do those things cost?
Incidently, the flasher in the above photo (round, translucent case) is only a big RLC timing circuit using a relay, capacitor, and resistor. It's not quite as ideal as a true IC flasher like Bountyhunter's. It has a slight delay before the turn signal comes on, flash rate is still slightly dependent on the load, if the load is very low current, it may not flash at all.
Post edited by: loudhvx, at: 2008/03/08 11:52