A real newbie here

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hey guys i hope i don't get flamed to bad but here goes>my first post
and i really need some direction..dont even have any equiptment, and
there is the question.. I want to eventually controll 5 lights in a
timed sequence and have no idea what to buy (basic 1or 2)or do i
need external timer..any help is appreciated..

Archiver

hi there,

the BS1 has 8 outputs and the BS2 has 16 outputs. either should
work since your only going to be using 5--- i dont know your method
of controlling the lights but it can be very simple

lets say you have a light on each output pin 1-5, you could simply
turn them on by doing this--

high 1
pause 1000
low 1

that just turned light 1 on for 1 second, the 1000 is milliseconds
so if you wanted 5 seconds it would be pause 5000 of if you wanted
half a second it would be pause 500 you cant go higher that 65
seconds thats the limit.

the stamp will easily turn on a LED or something similar, it has 5
volt 20 ma outputs. if you want to turn on something bigger you
will need to use a transistor or use a relay of some kind for a
heavy load.

if you give details of your lighting scheme maybe we can help more.
dont know what else to say really.


steve






--- In basicstamps@y..., "wallypk1" <wallypk@i...> wrote:
> hey guys i hope i don't get flamed to bad but here goes>my first
post
> and i really need some direction..dont even have any equiptment,
and
> there is the question.. I want to eventually controll 5 lights in
a
> timed sequence and have no idea what to buy (basic 1or 2)or do i
> need external timer..any help is appreciated..

Archiver

--- In basicstamps@y..., "sznavor23" <sznavor23@y...> wrote:
> hi there,
>
> the BS1 has 8 outputs and the BS2 has 16 outputs. either should
> work since your only going to be using 5--- i dont know your
method
> of controlling the lights but it can be very simple
>
> lets say you have a light on each output pin 1-5, you could simply
> turn them on by doing this--
>
> high 1
> pause 1000
> low 1
>
> that just turned light 1 on for 1 second, the 1000 is milliseconds
> so if you wanted 5 seconds it would be pause 5000 of if you wanted
> half a second it would be pause 500 you cant go higher that 65
> seconds thats the limit.
> thanks for your reply that is what i wanted to know. I am going to
order the basic 1 kit...I am sure i will have more questions
later...pk
> the stamp will easily turn on a LED or something similar, it has 5
> volt 20 ma outputs. if you want to turn on something bigger you
> will need to use a transistor or use a relay of some kind for a
> heavy load.
>
> if you give details of your lighting scheme maybe we can help more.
> dont know what else to say really.
>
>
> steve
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In basicstamps@y..., "wallypk1" <wallypk@i...> wrote:
> > hey guys i hope i don't get flamed to bad but here goes>my first
> post
> > and i really need some direction..dont even have any equiptment,
> and
> > there is the question.. I want to eventually controll 5 lights in
> a
> > timed sequence and have no idea what to buy (basic 1or 2)or do i
> > need external timer..any help is appreciated..

Archiver

Depending on how intricate and/or accurate you want to
make the timing process, you may not even need a
stamp.
Also what is the lamp voltage and current as this will
determine what you need for interface drivers between
the controller and the end devices. Please contact me
off line with all the necessary information and I will
be more than happy to help. This should not take long
either.

Regards,

Gerry Shand
ronlizus@y...
gshand@h...

On April 24, sez you:

there is the question.. I want to eventually controll
5 lights in a
timed sequence and have no idea what to buy (basic
1or 2)or do i
need external timer..any help is appreciated..



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