Im gonna be making a computer soon, and i wanna do like a green LED tubing style on the side of the clear case that would make it look like a heartbeat monitor with each LED turning on and off after the other to make it look real. I just dont know where to get the LED tubing or the hardware/software that would allow me to control the LEDs to make this movement. Any suggestions?
What do you mean by a LED tubing?
Do you mean you want to simulate one of these
[img]http://www.faqs.org/photo-dict/photofiles/list/688/1098heart_monitor.jpg[/img] ?
([url]http://www.faqs.org/photo-dict/phrase/688/heart-monitor.html[/url] if pic is broke)
[QUOTE=Shadaez;30213239]Do you mean you want to simulate one of these
[img]http://www.faqs.org/photo-dict/photofiles/list/688/1098heart_monitor.jpg[/img] ?
([url]http://www.faqs.org/photo-dict/phrase/688/heart-monitor.html[/url] if pic is broke)[/QUOTE]
exactly
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[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;30219168]You could make a duino and do it.
Instead of LEDs, try getting a cheap tiny monochromatic LCD monitor, you can probably grab one for $30 or less, and it'll give you much more opportunities. You can choose the color with the backlights.[/QUOTE]
thanks for the advice ill look it up
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[QUOTE=B!N4RY;30212930]What do you mean by a LED tubing?[/QUOTE]
a flexible tube filled with led lights
[QUOTE=Toats MaGoats;30232704]
a flexible tube filled with led lights[/QUOTE]
I would just get EL wire.
[IMG]http://www.neonstring.com/cart/images/5mm.gif[/IMG]
It's really cheap (maybe a dollar or two a foot), and really efficient.
I'm having trouble finding this monochromatic lcd monitor, where will i be able to find one?
[editline]3rd June 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=jeimizu;30232769]I would just get EL wire.
[IMG]http://www.neonstring.com/cart/images/5mm.gif[/IMG]
It's really cheap (maybe a dollar or two a foot), and really efficient.[/QUOTE]
thanks, i think im gonna go with the monitor idea though, i would like the design to actually move n stuff, the led/el wire stuff might be too complicated
Seconding Arduino.
Low energy footprint, easy to program (C# derivative I believe), open source and POPULAR.
I don't even think you'd need an Arduino. I believe a PIPO shift register would work with a clock pulse hooked up to the shift pin and the the last output hooked to the first input. I believe you'd also need something to initialize it so that the first one is on.
[QUOTE=Agent766;30234655]I don't even think you'd need an Arduino. I believe a PIPO shift register would work with a clock pulse hooked up to the shift pin and the the last output hooked to the first input. I believe you'd also need something to initialize it so that the first one is on.[/QUOTE]
TBH I think an Arduino would be a little easier for the average joe, though this would produce slightly more accurate results.
[QUOTE=Protocol7;30234359]Seconding Arduino.
Low energy footprint, easy to program (C# derivative I believe), open source and POPULAR.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://shop.moderndevice.com/products/arduino-uno[/url]
^this?
if it is, how does it work? Does it work with LED lights or a monochromatic monitor?
[QUOTE=Toats MaGoats;30246308][url]http://shop.moderndevice.com/products/arduino-uno[/url]
^this?
if it is, how does it work? Does it work with LED lights or a monochromatic monitor?[/QUOTE]
The Arduino is a microcontroller development board which you can program in C++.
While that part is easy lighting 25-100 LED's is not quite so straightforward, there are a lot
of different things to consider.
I've added you on steam if you want to talk.
this won't end well
[QUOTE=Shadaez;30247504]this won't end well[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LhunB.jpg[/IMG]
None of the suggestions in this thread really account for the fact that the OP wants it to sort of look real.
EL wire is on/off on the whole thing.
The monochrome monitor is the best idea, since you could draw an EKG on it, instead of just having a wire that you can't control in the same reason.
Hey, mine's a valid idea! I can get a schematic in a few days. It'd be cheaper and smaller than a full-blown Arduino.
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