Tigershark Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Hi Folks, Been a while since I posted here but thought I would share with you some recent adventures in electronics. I was once an avid model builder but haven't had the time of late (3 year olds...whatcha gonna do?)....but I did modify my kids Duplo Dusty Crophopper with some lights recently. Using a single Arduino Tiny45 chip and a custom made PCB (which I am happy to provide the plans for) I was able to make a compact circuit that could run off a watch battery (eg. CR 2032) and that provides nice running lights and nav lights effect. See following videos. Reach out on YouTube if you have questions. Dusty in Action Circuit board in action. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cag_200 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) Hey this is great ! I want to use this for a 1/32 scale (F-15C) aircraft. Can you send me the plan or, what I need to buy to get this thing to work? These days one can get nano-LEDs ..what pico LEDs! Edited March 30, 2016 by cag_200 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RiderFan Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Arduino's are an amazing little device. I have several of them and use them for all sorts of projects. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tigershark Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 Hey this is great ! I want to use this for a 1/32 scale (F-15C) aircraft. Can you send me the plan or, what I need to buy to get this thing to work? These days one can get nano-LEDs ..what pico LEDs! Hi CAG, Sure, I can send you along some stuff. But whilst it is not overly complicated it does require some work. Your main issue will be how to program the chip if you don't have an Arduino already. But...the parts list is basically. 3x LEDs of your choosing. 3x 220Ohm resistors 1x ATTiny45 or ATTiny85 chip (they cost around 2 dollars). A battery....coin cell or something like I use in the video. 1 printed circuit board. I can post the plans and you can either have it manufactured or make it yourself. Alternatively, I could send you one for a modest price...the real killer is postage. I just moved back to Australia from Switzerland (which would have been good for postage to NL) but now it might be too much. I will post the PCB plans tonight and the code for the Arduino chip. Let me know if you want me to assemble one and send it to you and what you would reasonably expect to pay and I'll see if that works with postage and stuff. I'll say one thing...this is perfect for a 1/32 scale. 1/48 might work too but for 1/72 it would have to built into some kind of base for the model. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tigershark Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 Here is the Fritzing file for the PCB. Is is a free cross platform PCB program that can be used to make Gerber files for professional services or you can use Fritzing's own PCB manufacturing service. https://www.dropbox.com/s/z31v20sez3q9f23/Atmel%20Plane%20Nav%20Lights.fzz?dl=0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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