Free-For-All

Kit /w standard Red LEDs………………………$0Upgrade to bright Green or Blue ..… +$2Upgrade to bright bi-color R/G……… +$3Upgrade to bright bi-color R/B……… +$3

For the 8am – 10am Session

6 LED Circle

This is a 6 LED Circle Blinkie Kit. It’s a 2.0” by 2.5” circuit board with a mounting pin on the back side. It has 6 LEDs controlled by a PIC processor. Multiple blinking patterns. Pattern selection button.

Simple 4

Kit /w bright Red LEDs ……………………...….$7Upgrade to bright RGB 5mm ............ +$5

For the 10am Open Session

We picked up some bright LEDs with a built in flasher chip and we were so impressed with them, we created a simple, easy-to-solder 1.5” square board around them.

6 LED Circle

Kit /w standard Red, Yellow, or Green LEDs... $7Upgrade to bright Green or Blue ..… +$2Upgrade to bright bi-color R/G……… +$3Upgrade to bright bi-color R/B……… +$3

For the 10am Open Session

This is a 6 LED Circle Blinkie Kit. Its a 2.0” by 2.5” circuit board with a mounting pin on the back side. It has 6 LEDs controlled by a PIC processor. Multiple blinking patterns. Pattern selection button.

4 RGB

Kit /w bright RGB Square LEDs ….................$15

For the 10am Open Session

Dwayne found some most excellent square RGB LEDs, and created a prototype to showoff to Dale, convincing him it was worth the investment to buy lots of the LEDs.

It's a 2.2” by 1.4” double-sided circuit board with a mounting pin on the back side. It has 4 RGB LEDs controlled by a PIC processor. And yes, there is an IR emitter and receiver for two way communication to other blinkie boards.

19 LED Stick

Kit /w standard Red LEDs ………………….. $10

Upgrade to bright Green or Blue.........+$5

For the 10am Open Session

So, for a technical challenge, Dale asked how many LEDs can you put in a line using the our smallest PIC, the 12F683, and the 19 LED Stick was created. It’s a 0.6” by 8.25” double-sided circuit board with a hole for hanging from a lariat.

It has 19 LEDs controlled by a PIC processor. This allows for some fairly intricate blinking patterns. And yes, there is an IR emitter and receiver for two way communication to other blinkie boards.

19 LED Circle

Kit /w standard R/G LEDs …………………..$15

Upgrade to bright Blue……………… +$5

Upgrade to bright bi-color R/B……… +$7

For the 10am Open Session

This is a 19 Circle Blinkie Kit. It’s a 1.8” by 2.6” double-sided circuit board with a mounting pin on the back side. It has 19 LEDs controlled by a PIC processor. This allows for some fairly intricate blinking patterns. And yes, there is an IR emitter and receiver for two way communication to other blinkies.

3x3 Matrix

Kit /w standard Red LEDs ……………….... $15

Upgrade to bright Blue…………….… +$3

Upgrade to bright bi-color R/B ….….. +$4

For the 10am Open Session

It's a 2.1" by 3.2" double-sided circuit board with a mounting pin on the back side that requires assembly and soldering. It has 9 single or bi-color LEDs that will display various user-selectable patterns. There is an IR emitter and receiver for two way communication to other blinkie boards.

One of the special features of the 3x3 are the 5 push buttons.

14 RGB Stick

Kit /w bright RGB Square LEDs …………........ $20

For the 10am Open Session

The 19 LED Stick has proved to be very popular and so Dwayne wanted to improve on the design. Thus the 14 RGB Stick was designed.

It's a 2.0" by 8.25" double-sided circuit board with a hole for hanging from a lariat that requires assembly and soldering. It has 14 RGB LEDs that will display various user-selectable patterns. There is an IR emitter and receiver for two way communication to other blinkie boards.

5x7 Matrix

Kit /w standard Red LEDs …………………….. $15Upgrade to bright Green or Blue… +$10Upgrade to bright bi-color R/B…… +$13

For the 10am Open Session

This is a 5x7 Matrix Blinkie Kit. It’s a 1.8” by 2.95” double-sided circuit board with a mounting pin on the back side. Patterns and text scroll on a matrix made up of 35 LEDs. And yes, there is an IR emitter and receiver for two way communication to other blinkie boards.

Batteries

4 Batteries (1 Set)………………………………. $124 Batteries (6 Sets)…………………………..... $5

Although each Blinkie kit comes with a set, don’t forget an extra package of four LR44 batteries for your Blinkie.

Soldering Iron

Can’t get enough of the blinkies? Decided to take a kit home, but don’t have a soldering iron?

Soldering Iron …………………………………… $5

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Bright LEDsSo what is a “bright” LED? At least 20 times brighter than the standard - dazzling in the dark, annoyingly bright under indoor lighting, and visible under sunlight. We have red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, and white. In bi-color, we have red/green, red/blue, and green/blue. In RGB, we have them in, uh, red/green/blue :-)

Dale and Dwayne search the world looking for the best LEDs. Seriously. To borrow a metaphor, LEDs are like a box of chocolates. We never know (for sure) what we are going to get. What you see here is what meets our standards.