A lighting do it yourself guide for a rc helicopter

Jan 10
10:05

2012

LiuJiajia

LiuJiajia

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Write the values corresponding to the first row in the shift register, bearing in mind that the first binary digit LED positioned corresponding to the last row and the last to put them in the first column.

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You can master techniques to use your rc helicopter. Lighting can be quite amazing on every rc model. Keep in mind that if used for longer times on each row,A lighting do it yourself guide for a rc helicopter Articles the brightness of the LEDs will be higher, but also increase the flicker. The way to transform this algorithm in a functional program depends on the programmer, and may be more or less complex as allowing different types of characters, animations, etc.

The brightness of the LEDs

A point to consider is the intensity of brightness that can provide the type of LED that we use. An LED, used in "normal" applications, is powered by a 3V and requires about 15mA (varies slightly from one model to another) to shine with a good intensity. In case of a typical sign of 7 rows, although we will see on at the same time, each LED is lit only a seventh of the time, so its brightness will be seven times lower than normal, and our sign will be visible only .

Fortunately it also has a solution: given that the times will remain on each LED must not exceed 20 or 30 milliseconds, we can make a current higher than the inverter without ever damaged, which will shine more intensely, resulting in a clearly visible sign.

For rc helicopter LEDs, we can use discrete LEDs (and solder terminals 1120) or buy "panels" of 7x5 LEDs are about 14 or 16 terminals (depending on model), and being interconnected in a matrix. Perhaps this is the best alternative.

Since our hypothetical purposes only poster is educational and is intended to keep the cost as low as possible so that each reader can build it, so try to do based on a small rc helicopter microcontroller like PIC16F628A. If the reader needs a poster or larger storage capacity of more extensive texts or images, you should use a micro with greater capacity and speed. The use of an external EEPROM quite large, such as the 24C256, gives us the ability to store a lot of text in it. Of course, this can also be extended easily.

Divide the rc model circuit diagram of the cartel into two parts: first we will see all the control logic, and second, the "screen" with the shift register. When implementing it, you can make two separate printed circuit boards. This would allow the reader to experiment with other drivers without reassembling the display board, or vice versa.

The driver circuit

This is the brain of our rc helicopter. It will be responsible for managing the lighting of each LED by commands sent to the columns using the shift register and rows.

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