AVT Police flash light

2720
The kit shows an amazing light
effect. It imitates the flash light of
emergency vehicles. It can be
used for modifying the user's
vehicle or at discos. It could
add colour to the home
security system or be used
as part of an
advertisement.

Recommendations: the kit is

recommended to light effect
lovers as well as to those wanting
to make their vehicles look
distinctive.

The kit turns on and off two light emitting areas (red and blue) alternatively. The light effects are
caused by non-synchronous work of two generators. The first one switches over a set of LED diodes
while the second one produces flash light effect. Having a small number of components, the kit is
easy to assemble.

Electrical characteristics
• two LED diode (red and blue) light emitting areas
• 25 LED diodes in each light emitting area
• for negative or positive ground vehicles
• 12V DC power supply

Description
The schematic is shown in figure 1. It consists of two independent generators and displays made of
light emitting diodes. The "flashes" are produced by high brightness LEDs. The brighter the light
emitted by the diodes the better. The red flash is due to red LED diodes while the blue flash is due to
blue LED diodes. They are connected to two groups: D1-D24 red diodes and D25-D48 blue diodes.
The generator mounted on the U1F and U1E gates with the R1, R2 and C1 passives generate square
wave signal with a duty cycle of 50%. The U1D is an inverter making the groups of diodes flash on
and off alternatively. The "flash", light emitting diode switch-over (red-blue flashing light effect)

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Opis uk³adu
function is engaged in this way. The
LED diodes are directly driven by the T1
and T2 transistors. They are necessary so
that the circuit can function properly.
The gates alone could not drive the LED
because of low output current. An
oscillator is mounted on the U1A, U1B
and R5, R6, R7, D49, D50, C2 passives.
It drives the LEDs so that they could
simulate flashes of strobe light. It is
"faster" than the generator mentioned
above and its duty cycle exceeds the
value of 50%. Thanks to this feature the
visual effects are great and they are more
like flashes of strobe light. The D49 and
D50 diodes guarantee the over-50%
duty cycle. The T3 transistor serves the
same purpose as the T1 and T2
transistors. It increases the output
current capacity on the LED cathode
side. The R9 resistor limits the LED
current to a safe value. The diodes are
driven as follows: the circuit is switched
between blue and red diodes on the
anode side while it is driven by pulses
imitating the work done by flash light on
the cathode side

Figure 1. Schematic diagram

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 Assembly and test
The kit is assembled on three PCBs. Once properly assembled and plugged in it will work instantly. A
lot of care should be taken when soldering the LED diodes. Attention should be paid not to mistake
the red diode board for the blue diode board. The D1…D24 diodes are red while the D25…D48
diodes are blue. It is better to solder the diodes by a single pin, for example the anode. Then the board
should be turned over with its diodes right on top. By pushing them sideways or drawing inwards they
should be evenly arranged in rows from both the shorter and longer edges of the board. Only then the
second pin of each diode can be soldered in.

The LED boards should be connected to the controller board, namely V1 to V2, X1 to X2, Y1 to Y2
and Z1 to Z2.

Figure 2. Component layout on PCB-s

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Component list
In the order of soldering:
1 R1, R5: 47kW (yellow-purple-orange-gold)
2 R2, R7: 1,2 MW (brown-red-green-gold)
3 R3, R4, R8: 4.7 kW (yellow-purple-red-gold)
4 R6: 390kW (orange-white-yellow-gold)
5 D49, D50: 1N4148
6 C1: 470nF
7 C2, C3: 47nF
8 C4: 47µF/25V
9 T1, T2: BC558
10 T3: BC548
11 IC 14-pin socket
12 Insert the 4069 IC in the socket
13 D1…D24: 5mm high brightness red LED diodes
14 D25…D48: 5mm high brightness blue LED diodes

The kit was made on the basis of a project bearing the same trade name published in "Elektronika dla wszystkich 4/04".

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The sale offer of our self-assembly kits is available on our website www.sklep.avt.pl

Producer: Technical Assistance Dept.

AVT-Corporation, Ltd.
Leszczynowa 11 Phone: (48 22) 257-84-58
fax: (+48 22) 257-84-55 03-197 Warsaw serwis@avt.pl
phone.: (+48 22) 257-84-50 Poland

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