TooMuckinFuch
New Member
Sorry to invade your forum, but I'm not exactly sure how to google this...
The Plan:
I'd like to design my own tail lights for my car. Something unlike anything I've seen before or anything on the road that I know of. More specifically, the turn signals.
My idea is this.. I want to take apart a new set of taillights for my Lexus IS300 and remove the light fixtures on the inside, replacing them with a flat wall of black-painted fiberglass or plastic. I'm then going to drill out holes across the whole thing as close together as I can in a uniformed grid for the 5mm (I think?) standard sized LEDs. My goal is to get them to light up in a pattern or sweep from the one side to the other like a heart monitor or something... instead of the typical lights on - lights off blinkers.
The Question:
I'll need to keep the LED's on when I'm driving at night for the taillights, and have them light up brighter with brakes. I should be able to just wire every other one chess-board-style for the running lights and all of them together for the brake lights, right?
Here's the big question, finally! How would I get the columns of LEDs to light up in order to make it appear as if it's sliding from left to right about 8 LED's wide.
If you're confused, I'll try to.. uhm.. here.
X = column of lights turned off.
O = column of lights turned on.
Turn signal on:
OXXXXXXXXX <-- First flash
OOXXXXXXXX <-- Second flash, etc.
XOOXXXXXXX
XXOOXXXXXX
XXXOOXXXXX
XXXXOOXXXX
XXXXXOOXXX
XXXXXXOOXX
XXXXXXXOOX
XXXXXXXXOO
XXXXXXXXXO
OXXXXXXXXX
OOXXXXXXXX
XOOXXXXXXX
Of course it's on a bigger scale! Anyhow, I'm a lot more mechanically inclined than electronically, though I do know some stuff!
If you've made it this far, please share your ideas or shoot questions at me so I can explain anything I might have missed.
In advance: Thank You Thank You Thank You!!!
The Plan:
I'd like to design my own tail lights for my car. Something unlike anything I've seen before or anything on the road that I know of. More specifically, the turn signals.
My idea is this.. I want to take apart a new set of taillights for my Lexus IS300 and remove the light fixtures on the inside, replacing them with a flat wall of black-painted fiberglass or plastic. I'm then going to drill out holes across the whole thing as close together as I can in a uniformed grid for the 5mm (I think?) standard sized LEDs. My goal is to get them to light up in a pattern or sweep from the one side to the other like a heart monitor or something... instead of the typical lights on - lights off blinkers.
The Question:
I'll need to keep the LED's on when I'm driving at night for the taillights, and have them light up brighter with brakes. I should be able to just wire every other one chess-board-style for the running lights and all of them together for the brake lights, right?
Here's the big question, finally! How would I get the columns of LEDs to light up in order to make it appear as if it's sliding from left to right about 8 LED's wide.
If you're confused, I'll try to.. uhm.. here.
X = column of lights turned off.
O = column of lights turned on.
Turn signal on:
OXXXXXXXXX <-- First flash
OOXXXXXXXX <-- Second flash, etc.
XOOXXXXXXX
XXOOXXXXXX
XXXOOXXXXX
XXXXOOXXXX
XXXXXOOXXX
XXXXXXOOXX
XXXXXXXOOX
XXXXXXXXOO
XXXXXXXXXO
OXXXXXXXXX
OOXXXXXXXX
XOOXXXXXXX
Of course it's on a bigger scale! Anyhow, I'm a lot more mechanically inclined than electronically, though I do know some stuff!
If you've made it this far, please share your ideas or shoot questions at me so I can explain anything I might have missed.
In advance: Thank You Thank You Thank You!!!