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Not so lazy Sunday... Weekend Project - Ultimate LED fan sign

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Posted by: vivi on October 5, 2008 at 3:52 PM

Cool sign. Didn't you have short circuits with all these component legs going over each other ?

P.S. : the commenting system is still broken, if I post a comment after a few days without posting, it gets rejected ("the text entered is wrong"), and I am logged out. It seems the site remembers me longer than the commenting system.

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Posted by: Mitch on October 5, 2008 at 6:37 PM

Make needs to encourage the readers to comment more.

Great project, good work.

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Posted by: gust0208 on October 5, 2008 at 8:06 PM

Fantastic!

This will make the perfect gift for a friend who is an enormous Twins fan for next season (and I will make one for my favorite minor league team, St. Paul Saints).

Is there a way to get a bit closer look at the physical circuit for the blinking portion? I have interpreted a few circuit diagrams, but it is always nice to have a picture of a complete product to compare with in the end.

Cheers and great job.

- Tom

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Posted by: gust0208 on October 5, 2008 at 8:24 PM

Last question

I was looking at the circuit schematic and was curious what relay was used? I have some 555's that I can use for a similar circuit, but was curious what relay was used in your sign?

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