Your "Ideal" Blinky Flash Pattern
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Your "Ideal" Blinky Flash Pattern
I'm curious as to what everyone would say is their ideal blinky flash pattern? How many flashes per second? Low-high-low-high... or on-off-on-off...? Or a more complicated pattern?
I'm leaning towards about 3 flashes per second and low-high-low-high...I like how the low-high pattern reduces the harshness but still stands out and allows for continuous tracking of your light.
I'm leaning towards about 3 flashes per second and low-high-low-high...I like how the low-high pattern reduces the harshness but still stands out and allows for continuous tracking of your light.
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Not to mention understand Morse code. Now that IS a real feat in the era of the truly brain dead where everything has to be spoon fed to the public.
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There's some guidelines about what rate to flash at so as to not trigger somebody's epilepsy. I forget what they are, tho.
IMHO, the optimum would be to never quite go all the way off instead of high-low-high-low. Even if it's just one little LED in the middle that stays on.
IMHO, the optimum would be to never quite go all the way off instead of high-low-high-low. Even if it's just one little LED in the middle that stays on.
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There's some guidelines about what rate to flash at so as to not trigger somebody's epilepsy. I forget what they are, tho.
IMHO, the optimum would be to never quite go all the way off instead of high-low-high-low. Even if it's just one little LED in the middle that stays on.
IMHO, the optimum would be to never quite go all the way off instead of high-low-high-low. Even if it's just one little LED in the middle that stays on.
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I'm curious as to what everyone would say is their ideal blinky flash pattern? How many flashes per second? Low-high-low-high... or on-off-on-off...? Or a more complicated pattern?
I'm leaning towards about 3 flashes per second and low-high-low-high...I like how the low-high pattern reduces the harshness but still stands out and allows for continuous tracking of your light.
I'm leaning towards about 3 flashes per second and low-high-low-high...I like how the low-high pattern reduces the harshness but still stands out and allows for continuous tracking of your light.
Perhaps a combo with superflash pattern, a really bright blink on both every 3seconds.
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I like either of Dinotte's blink patterns -- always on with bright flash every half-second or so, or always on with a rapid-fire five flashes. Their slow off-on-off-on pattern is timed the same as typical construction flashers, too.
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How about this instead: "..-. ..-" it's Moris code for "FU"
I would actually like a have a blinky pattern that starts from off and increases to full intensity then decreases to off again in a sawtooth type wave form.
I would actually like a have a blinky pattern that starts from off and increases to full intensity then decreases to off again in a sawtooth type wave form.
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It's Morse code, developed by Samuel Morse. I hoped that you'd know how to spell his name since you got "FU" right.