Old 11-07-07 | 11:11 AM
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Katzenjammer
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How many would go for a all-in-one light controller?

I no longer commute, being retired, but I ride for utility, and in all weathers. I don't know about anyone else, but I find it dangerous and annoying to have to unhook my hand from my rain cape and get it out from under every time I need to signal a turn. And it's a little too dangerous to ride at night in lousy weather hoping that cars can see my waggling arm and pointing finger. It'd be much safer/more convenient to have electric turn blinkers that double as warning lights, along of course with head, tail, and brake lights.

But currently there's no comprehensive controller board available (if anyone knows of one --- tell me!) for building up such a solution using LED arrays. George at TaskLED has a good rep with his existing boards, but they're all simple, designed to control, e.g., a headlight. Before he'd be willing to do up a single-board solution, he'd need a committed market. How many people here would be interested in committing to be part of that? This would just be for a full-function controller board, not a complete rig, but if there's enough interest then offering a kit might be possible.

Show of hands?
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