Cut to length USB dog collar. (nice PCB)
Added 2019-03-11 18:22:51 +0000 UTCA USB rechargeable dog collar that has the usual strobing/static modes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah6IUtLlDXg
There are a couple of interesting features on the PCB though, and a nice trick to allow two LEDs to be controlled from a single charging status pin.
Cell capacity tests are ongoing, but charging current is 100mA, which is good for the size of cell.
At the very least this could be an interesting base PCB for a custom beacon with a larger cell.
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I have a light guide version here too, but it doesn't illuminate very evenly along the length.
Big Clive
2019-03-13 06:39:19 +0000 UTCWe use something similar in the winter, (going by the great name of Glow Doggie Glow) both our dogs are dark coloured and it at least gives you a chance of finding them in the bushes doing unspeakable things with indescribable items.
Phil Collins
2019-03-12 15:24:53 +0000 UTCWe have a much better design which only has an LED at either end of plastic block and the light is transmitted down a plastic pipe. Like this one: <a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RECHARGEABLE-LED-Pet-Dog-Collar-Flashing-Glow-Luminous-Safety-Light-Up-Belt-USB/254064317516?hash=item3b2769d44c:m:mwwODmUhqp6LVqOiFANh6EA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RECHARGEABLE-LED-Pet-Dog-Collar-Flashing-Glow-Luminous-Safety-Light-Up-Belt-USB/254064317516?hash=item3b2769d44c:m:mwwODmUhqp6LVqOiFANh6EA</a> You can see us and our dog coming from a long distance :)
2019-03-12 12:12:00 +0000 UTCMy dad built an LED collar in the late 80s, but had to stop using it as a red flashing light zooming around a field like a UFO freaked people out. If only he'd patented it...
Tapewolf
2019-03-12 10:15:36 +0000 UTCMy neighbor walks his dog at night with something similar on the leash. Easy to spot coming down the road.
2019-03-12 00:28:31 +0000 UTCWear it with pride. It does look like what the old sci fi films thought we'd be wearing these days anyway.
Big Clive
2019-03-11 23:02:51 +0000 UTCIt is. I spotted that afterwards. If you could get a clear tube you could graft in a section of multicolour LEDs.
Big Clive
2019-03-11 23:02:09 +0000 UTCDog collar?!?! Oops I have one that looks just like it and I have been wearing it...
Lostngone
2019-03-11 21:59:46 +0000 UTC
