ok i have them set up and working. the 4017 is running 5 leds in a back ad forth pattern (nigh rider pattern) my goal is to have this run 5 relays, because the lghts i will be running have to have 12v. the relay will work with 6v+. my problem is when i turn the voltage up over 9v the 4017 goes nuts, i just get a random flash pattern and some of them dont even come on. but anything -9v it works perfect, but wont produce the 6v needed to hit the relays (due to the 3v drop. anyone had this problem? or know what i can do to fix it? i need this to run on 12-14v i know thw 555 and 4017 are rated to 15v. Thanks in advance.
schematic is like this except i;m only using 5 leds. outputs are tied using diodes but instead of the coupling they hav i;m using (1,5)(10,6)(7,9)(4,11)(2,3) hope that makes sense
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schematic is like this except i;m only using 5 leds. outputs are tied using diodes but instead of the coupling they hav i;m using (1,5)(10,6)(7,9)(4,11)(2,3) hope that makes sense
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