Hello Everyone!
I am a bit of a fish out of water when it comes to circuit design. I did a bit of tinkering in my 20s' but I am now in my 50s' and wouldn't you know it in need of a bicycle turn signal unit.
Here is the story behind this quest.
I gave up a 9 miles per gallon 4X4 Dodge for a 100 MPG motor assisted Bicycle
Shown here in an earlier form
Now I went for the deluxe package and added all the Motorized Bicycle Bling Bling (MAB) including expensive wireless turn signals which fail on bumpy roads or when RF interference blocks the strobe signal between the front and rear unit. The Failure rate is 100% for the jostling and road shock at 30 MPH.
So I wish to use an external flasher circuit with a handy thumb switch and I lack the skills to design and build one. I need help.
This project will be shared with other MAB riders who have paid the $80 for a Bicygnals unit and find it is not a Safety device as we hoped. I have a thread going on a Motorized Bicycle Web Site http://motorbicycling.com/showthread.php?t=32046
At First the solution seemed to place the electronics for both units so close to each other and up front where they could "talk to each other" and I could reset them as needed but that idea faded and I am now looking at an unfinished project and friends wondering what happened. I intend to "Hard Wire" these units with the units being dumb displays and the electronics seperate.
I found a few things as I searched and this site was one but a fellow on YouTube seems to have made a circuit
I like the Transistor idea. I do understand Transistors and operational amplifiers in general terms. I know the difference between Capacitors, Resistors and Diodes. I know what a 555 timers is and have some understanding on basic ICs. I have etched a few boards in my day as well.
I am handy with a dremel and can solder when I can find my good glasses
I sure could use some help and in turn I will help others get some use out of their expensive investment and add a needed safety device to our Motorized Bicycles.
My Photos of the dissasembled Bicygnals unit are here http://motorbicycling.com/album.php?albumid=439
I wish to simply route the LEDs out of their electronics and power them with an external circuit.
Now it has a Head Light and Tail Light so I could use them but would power them seperate perhaps even from the running engine with a small 6V generator added to the magneto. That is a seperate thing I assume Possibly a seperate battery and simple switch situation.
Thank You for your time and thank you Steve.
Ernst
I am a bit of a fish out of water when it comes to circuit design. I did a bit of tinkering in my 20s' but I am now in my 50s' and wouldn't you know it in need of a bicycle turn signal unit.
Here is the story behind this quest.
I gave up a 9 miles per gallon 4X4 Dodge for a 100 MPG motor assisted Bicycle
Shown here in an earlier form
Now I went for the deluxe package and added all the Motorized Bicycle Bling Bling (MAB) including expensive wireless turn signals which fail on bumpy roads or when RF interference blocks the strobe signal between the front and rear unit. The Failure rate is 100% for the jostling and road shock at 30 MPH.
So I wish to use an external flasher circuit with a handy thumb switch and I lack the skills to design and build one. I need help.
This project will be shared with other MAB riders who have paid the $80 for a Bicygnals unit and find it is not a Safety device as we hoped. I have a thread going on a Motorized Bicycle Web Site http://motorbicycling.com/showthread.php?t=32046
At First the solution seemed to place the electronics for both units so close to each other and up front where they could "talk to each other" and I could reset them as needed but that idea faded and I am now looking at an unfinished project and friends wondering what happened. I intend to "Hard Wire" these units with the units being dumb displays and the electronics seperate.
I found a few things as I searched and this site was one but a fellow on YouTube seems to have made a circuit
I like the Transistor idea. I do understand Transistors and operational amplifiers in general terms. I know the difference between Capacitors, Resistors and Diodes. I know what a 555 timers is and have some understanding on basic ICs. I have etched a few boards in my day as well.
I am handy with a dremel and can solder when I can find my good glasses
I sure could use some help and in turn I will help others get some use out of their expensive investment and add a needed safety device to our Motorized Bicycles.
My Photos of the dissasembled Bicygnals unit are here http://motorbicycling.com/album.php?albumid=439
I wish to simply route the LEDs out of their electronics and power them with an external circuit.
Now it has a Head Light and Tail Light so I could use them but would power them seperate perhaps even from the running engine with a small 6V generator added to the magneto. That is a seperate thing I assume Possibly a seperate battery and simple switch situation.
Thank You for your time and thank you Steve.
Ernst
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