Lovely use of PICs and LEDs! Would love to see our flag made of LEDs. :) -m Sent from my iPhone On 2012-11-12, at 7:10 PM, Dwayne Reid wrote: > A little something that we built for one of our long-time=20 > friends. Niki has been doing trick riding since she was tiny and it=20 > has developed into a full-time thing for her. >=20 > >=20 > Her horse is used to having Pyro shot off of both him and Niki, so a=20 > little LED lighting didn't faze him at all. >=20 > There are only two tiny PIC-based chasers in the whole rig (so far) -=20 > one for the flag and the other for the mane. The LEDs outlining the=20 > saddle, the LED strips in the tail and down the saddle straps are all=20 > static. Total current consumption for what you see in the video is a=20 > hair under 7A @ 12V - she currently gets about 25 minutes of use from=20 > a 4AH 12V AGM battery. >=20 > This rig was finished and delivered last Thursday (Nov 09) and she=20 > rode with it the first time just this past weekend. She expects to=20 > use it next at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas - she is a=20 > regular at that event. >=20 > The flags (one for each side) are held onto the felt lining with=20 > Velcro - its really easy to swap in the American flag in place of the=20 > Canadian flag. >=20 > Now that Niki and her Dad have seen it in action, they want to add=20 > even more LEDs and chasers to the system. It should be even more=20 > active than it is now when it next gets used in Vegas. >=20 > dwayne >=20 > --=20 > Dwayne Reid > Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA > (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax > www.trinity-electronics.com > Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing >=20 > --=20 > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .