Barebones LED Flasher
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LED display, LED trucks, projection equipment, LED video and camera rental - Sound, Light, and Music: Projects for the Lm3909
Out of print book by Delton Horn; link is for amazon.com, where used copies are available. - American Microsemiconductor Inc.
Source for the LM3909 LED flasher/oscillator - National Semiconductor's spec sheet
downloadable PDF of several example applications for the LM3909, such as a cariable speed flasher, a parallel LED flasher, and a "buzz box."
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Note that the LM3909 has been discontinued, and is starting to be hard to find. It certainly costs more than a dollar now from most suppliers, now that supplies are getting low. (It's now $5.49 from American Micro Semiconductor, rather than the "about a dollar" mentioned in the article.)
Posted by tim1724 on August 09, 2005 at 19:15:45 Pacific Time
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I found another wiring diagram at http://hw.metku.net/colorfade/index_eng.html that uses the LM324 which is cheaper than the LM3909.Posted by diremonk on September 22, 2005 at 18:49:02 Pacific Time
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Where can I get a wiring diagram?Posted by rockyt on July 25, 2005 at 11:21:36 Pacific Time
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I found this while clicking around...
http://alldatasheet.net/datasheet-pdf/pdf/8895/NSC/LM3909.htmlPosted by Lewis76 on August 09, 2005 at 00:46:34 Pacific Time
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