BlinkenLEDsEnglish

project overview
Year	2003
Number of pixels	144
Grayscales / Colors	monochrom (Pro: 16 Graustufen)
Illuminant	low current LED
Power input	1440W
Contact person	Stephan Kambor, Stefan Schürmans
Project website	-

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The BlinkenLEDs project (hardware and player for Windows) from HooMair was one of the first 144-pixels-reproductions. The idea was born in a thread of the jaLCDs-boards, where they actually discussed about blinking keyboard-LEDs (read thread). One thing was certain, the set up of the hardware: 144 Low-Current-LEDs should be controlled from shift-registers on the parallel port. Very soon a tutorial was already available at BlinkenLEDs.de and some people started, to build a BlinkenLEDs, too. Later on some etch-templates and new software like BlinkenPlayerEXXTREME or BlinkenTool were attached. Greyscales are originally not implementated for BlinkenLEDs, but can be upgraded.

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  Foto vom ersten BlinkenLEDs

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  gerenderte BlinkenLEDs Platine

• blinken.led.player-1.0.exe [1,7 MB]

As the wiring of the PCB is quite difficult, Ca$cAde and Meb developed a BlinkenLEDs PCB. The latest version includes minor bugfixes by ST:

• BlinkenLEDs Eagle Board v.2.12 [19 kB]
• Anschlussplan BlinkenLEDs Eagle Layout (von Ca$cAde)

Stefan has clicked a space-saving PCB, which additionally supports greyscales (for use with suitable software):

• Blinken Leds Pro 1.1 [416kB]
• lldrv-1.1_2005-01-03.tar.bz2: Linux Kernelmodul (Graustufen) [6kB]
  • more recent versions: http://stefan.blinkenarea.org/lldrv/

bestückte BlinkenLEDs Pro 1.0 Platine

BlinkenLEDs Pro part list (Prices in EUR, dated 2005-11-27):

Q.	Article	Type/Value	Identifier	Reichelt No.	Price	Sum
1	power connector	200mil	CON1	AKL 101-02	0,13	0,13
1	SUB-D connector	25pin male	CON2	D-SUB ST 25EU	0,42	0,42
1	resistor 1/8W	100	R18	1/4W 100	0,10	0,10
1	resistor 1/8W	1K	R19	1/4W 1,0K	0,10	0,10
2	resistor 1/8W	2K7	R20 R21	1/4W 2,7K	0,10	0,20
18	8 resistor array (9 pin)	560	R0-R17	SIL 9-8 560	0,12	2,16
21	ceramic capacitor	100nF	C0-C17, C19-C21	Z5U-5 100n	0,06	1,26
1	transistor	BC547	T1	BC 547B	0,03	0,03
18	shift register	74HC4094	IC0-IC17	74HC 4094	0,33	5,94
1	timer chip	NE555 / LM555	IC18	NE 555 DIP	0,12	0,12
18	sockets for 74HC4094	16 pins	for IC0-IC17	GS 16	0,04	0,72
1	socket for 555	8 pins	for IC18	GS 8	0,03	0,03
1	electrolytic capacitor	2200uF	C18	RAD 2.200/16	0,26	0,26
1	connection cable	1,8m	--	AK 4040	1,20	1,20
1	power supply	5V/1A	--	Pollin 350.517	2,45	2,45
Sum in EUR (without PCB and LEDs)						15,12

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  BlinkenLEDs 2.12, BlinkenLEDs Pro 1.0 & 1.1

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  BlinkenLEDs Pro 1.1 scan [2 MB]

• BlinkenLEDs Pro Video [1,8 MB]
• BlinkenLEDs Pro Build by Guido Pannenbecker