An interesting animated LED star that I stumbled across on eBay. The circuitry is interesting because the main control chip is obviously a dedicated LED flasher with the capability to regulate its own supply voltage and switch higher voltage loads. Presumably open collector style outputs, but more likely to be FET based.
These are quite hard to find on eBay. There are quite a few different types including dull battery operated ones, traditional tungsten lamp ones and then the more interesting 31 LED versions, sometimes referred to as LED pentagram tree toppers. Here's a starter link to one listing, but I recommend you shop about to find them in the region of $8.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/282761692403
If you do the hack to reduce the intensity then please remember that the circuitry in these is referenced directly to the mains voltage and could give a shock if touched.
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These are quite hard to find on eBay. There are quite a few different types including dull battery operated ones, traditional tungsten lamp ones and then the more interesting 31 LED versions, sometimes referred to as LED pentagram tree toppers. Here's a starter link to one listing, but I recommend you shop about to find them in the region of $8.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/282761692403
If you do the hack to reduce the intensity then please remember that the circuitry in these is referenced directly to the mains voltage and could give a shock if touched.
If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:-
http://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm
This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's advertising algorithms allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty.
Gaudy goodies from china
It'd be neat if there was some way to get to the code that's in that chip, so you could pick the patterns that you wanted…
other class video… very nice Clive. VERY nice….
I wish there was something like this but with only white LEDs and less flashy
How much did you pay roughly?
I think it got expensive since last year. It's 22€ now.
If they could make it slow "colour-changing", rather than fast "INSANE-BLINKING", then it could be pretty good. 🙂
chuckle “Tame your star.”
tree topper or tree toppler ?
If they provided a dodgy adapter with it, would that make it a Death Star?
@11.29 "yeah, that was holding a bit of a zing, that would have hurt" LOL
I've been hoping you'd take apart those lighted usb charge cables. you know, the ones with the electroluminescent wires that chase as your device charges.
If it had only done the burst-effect I would've actually actually considered getting one of these.