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My KR style LED,Classic KR and New KR, Cylon Eye, TRON Disc, BS2 stuff -all with BS2.

Propmaker_2013Propmaker_2013 Posts: 8
edited 2013-09-19 04:32 in BASIC Stamp
This Knight Rider style scanner was done using the Basic Stamp 2 micro controller:



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  • Ron CzapalaRon Czapala Posts: 2,418
    edited 2013-09-14 17:00
    Welcome to the forums!

    Here is a LED example using 74HC595 shift registers and only three pins on the BS2
  • tonyp12tonyp12 Posts: 1,950
    edited 2013-09-14 17:02
    Here is one I made using only 4 wires (Charlieplex) but the mcu is a Freescale 9RS08KA2
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8apRaZQbv5w
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-09-14 21:03
    Nice PWM, fellas! Lots of Knight Rider LEDs on YT. Here's mine (non PWM) using 3 uC pins and a 3-8 line decoder. 7 LEDs and a piezo beeper, which caused the phantom flashing.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMX5kicEoJw
  • Propmaker_2013Propmaker_2013 Posts: 8
    edited 2013-09-15 07:19
    Some nice work there.
    It seems that the Knight Rider and Cylon effects are very popular these days.
    Here is my Cylon Red Eye, also using a BS2 micro controller:

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  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,240
    edited 2013-09-15 08:50
    I love LED sequencers! Here's one I did:

    [video=youtube_share;-4oE9CRnKvQ]
  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,240
    edited 2013-09-15 08:53
    And here's one I built for my truck dash using a BS1:

    [video=youtube_share;Lc6MYYFAK6Y]
  • Propmaker_2013Propmaker_2013 Posts: 8
    edited 2013-09-15 10:36
    This thread is starting to expand into other LED flashing, blinking and scanning items :)
    Here is another prop using the BS2:

    TRON Disc

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  • Propmaker_2013Propmaker_2013 Posts: 8
    edited 2013-09-15 11:25
    These were done a long time ago using the BS2:

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  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-09-15 12:05
    I used mine on my bot both as a nifty effect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm8K6dI8niA

    and as a display readout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8fKZ4A6mto

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e92B8JNNns

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhjqPOAr2x0
  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,240
    edited 2013-09-15 12:43
    Very cool Propmaker! Thanks for sharing.

    (erco, your's are cool too)
  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2013-09-15 16:30
    Is this a contest?
  • Propmaker_2013Propmaker_2013 Posts: 8
    edited 2013-09-15 17:00
    Hi PJ Allen, welcome to my thread.

    Note:
    I've been working with electronics most my life (since high school) and I tend to use discreet electronic components to make things work.
    I was very reluctant to change how I did things. I was familiar with the PIC but never learned the language. Until I was introduced to the Basic Stamp 2. I really like how this little micro controller works and seldom build a hero, working prop without one. I know there are other micro controllers in use these days, but as usual, I am reluctant to making any changes since the BS2 works very well for my current needs.
    Since I am new to the forum and the BS2 has been around a long time, I just wanted to show what I managed to use it for in a Parallax Basic Stamp Forum .
    The sad part is, I know longer have the original program codes since the laptop that contained the software and code is gone.
    Thank goodness I still had the original software and loaded it to a different laptop.
    Thanks all for looking, I hope you enjoyed :)

    P.S. All the other posts showed some real ingenuity. Thanks for sharing.

    Propmaker_2013

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  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,240
    edited 2013-09-15 17:10
    PJ Allen wrote: »
    Is this a contest?
    Only if I am the de facto winner. :D
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-09-15 17:15
    PJ Allen wrote: »
    Is this a contest?

    @PJ: Of course! Even LIFE is a contest. Can you compete?
  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2013-09-15 19:41
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2013-09-16 19:06
    erco wrote: »
    @PJ: Of course! Even LIFE is a contest. Can you compete?

    Judging by his videos, I would say PJ's answer is yes!
  • Propmaker_2013Propmaker_2013 Posts: 8
    edited 2013-09-17 10:09
    Just another video of LED's flashing and scanning using a BS2:

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  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-09-17 14:58
    Nice! Everybody loves blinkies! As Jerry Lee Lewis said, "That's a Whole Lotta Blinking Going On!"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xraIf_cYRQE&feature=player_detailpage#t=20
  • Propmaker_2013Propmaker_2013 Posts: 8
    edited 2013-09-17 15:37
    Thanks erco,

    Since my thread has kind of evolved a bit away from KITT, Cylon and TRON (to other things that blink), here is another item designed around the BS2:
    These are both used in the same prop.

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  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-09-17 17:07
    XLNT! Now here's a little something that me & the boys whipped up at work a few years ago. My twins are four now, and they rule the roost!
  • ajwardajward Posts: 1,130
    edited 2013-09-18 00:51
    A neat thread! I built this some time ago testing some ideas for a project (I forget what it was now :-> )
    Put together on one of the older Prop Demo boards using a Radio Shack 10 segment bar graph. Not a Stamp driving it, but it is a kind of Cylon Rider flashy thing! ;-)

    Amanda
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-09-18 08:28
    These cheesy lightsabers would benefit from a blinking LED or two! Thumbs down as delivered.

    http://gizmodo.com/all-arguments-should-be-settled-with-lightsaber-thumb-w-1335651394
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-09-18 19:06
    This PWM blossom is my fave. I bought a giant bag of 5mm low-current red LEDs to make one like this.
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,559
    edited 2013-09-18 19:30
    Love all of the Knight Rider style LED posts. Back in the day I did something similar on my car in the front grill, only my Knight Rider style LED was mechanically driven..... Reed relays and a magnet baby !!! :smile:
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-09-18 20:01
    Beau Schwabe (Parallax) wrote: »
    my Knight Rider style LED was mechanically driven..... Reed relays and a magnet baby !!! :smile:

    You know how I love old school !
  • Propmaker_2013Propmaker_2013 Posts: 8
    edited 2013-09-19 04:32
    This was created as a security entry device for a sci-fi short film:
    (I think there's an ''app'' for that now - no more blinky lights these days).

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