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In article <7644@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> rspangle@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Randy Spangler) writes:
>
>I recently was looking for bright LED's to stick on my rollerskates, and the
>only really bright ones I could find were red.  This got me wondering what
...
>Also, what's the easiest way to blink a high-current LED at say 2-10 Hz?
>I've heard there's some way to do it with a 555 timer, but electronics isn't
>my strong point.  Blinking LED's (that have the driver built in) seem to be
>a lot dimmer than non-blinking ones.
An RC circuit should do it:

+  Resistor       LED
-------------------
       \    |    |
       /   ---  \v/ 
       \   ---  --- 
-      /    |    |
-------------------
        Capacitor


To calculate frequency - 
Ohms*farads = 1 time constant (In seconds)
Multiply TC by 5 to find frequency. More I can't remember, but others should
be able to build on this.

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