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LED Fader

Stephen Hoemke | April 7th, 2008

I purchased a snowman that is lit with an LED. The lighting is not bright enough and I want to make it brighter, as well as change colors. This snowman is about 12″ tall and made of crystalized plastic. The bottom has plenty of room to hold whatever lights I desire, but i want to stick with LED’s that are either different colors, or changing colors. These lights should fade from one color to the next with a timer circuit of some sort, either adjustable or preset.

2 COMMENTS on “LED Fader”

  1. Brandon | April 7th, 2008 6:18 pm

    I’ll have to do some digging around later, but it could be done with bit shifters/counters and a timer circuit.

  2. Dan | April 9th, 2008 11:59 am

    This is a great example of what a microcontroller is used for. Here at Radioshack we sell a Basic Stamp II microcontroller and the learning guide to go with a bit costly for just one project but also priceless if you want to learn about microcontrollers. Stop in a local Radioshack and find a Basic Stamp II kit. In the Manual it comes with it explains how to dim an led and brighten it. (you have to pulse it slower for dimmer and faster for brighter)

    Dan Porteous
    Salem, OH
    01-4802

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