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Re: [AVR-Chat] RFP - can someone design an LED candle for me?

2004-03-25 by John Johnson

Have you tried Googling for, say, battery candles flicker halloween?
I turned up this device:

http://www.bpesolutions.com/lghtefx.html#anchor615436

Which looks to be what you want.

Regards,
   JJ

On Thursday, Mar 18, 2004, at 15:36 US/Eastern, tom@kobo.com wrote:

> I know just enough about this stuff to be dangerous, so please bear  
> with me if
> my question is laughably misplaced.
>
> I would like a circuit designed for an LED candle. I'll be producing  
> about 100
> of them, possibly many more, more, for my haunted house. Requirements:
>
> - Flickers realistically
> - Works off standard 9v batteries (or 6v battery packs if necessary)  
> for at
> least 30 hours
> - On-off switch
> - Costs no more than $12 (and preferably less) to build total,  
> including
> populated circuit board & LED(s). In my fevered imagination, I hope  
> that the
> Atmel processors have pretty much all you need except for a couple of
> transistors, resistors, and an external switch
> - LED doesn't have to be exact candle color (I can supply colored  
> cellophane or
> whatever it it's a white LED)
>
> And ideally but not necessarily:
> - Fits without the power source in a candle
> - Would have an option to plug many of them into a chandelier and  
> power from a
> single source
> - Uses a bright LED
> - Has some sort of user adjustability for auto-off for power saving,  
> and/or
> randomness setting, and/or flicker speed
>
> Would love to know if this is even close to doable in my price range,  
> how much
> you'd charge to design it, and where I should go to get it  
> manufactured. Feel
> free to contact me offline or to jeer at me publically.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tom Campbell
>
>
>
>
>
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