On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:16:25 -0800, Gordon wrote:

A lot of commercial fishing boats spend the night at sea drifting. To
be seen better, they use a strobe light. Legal or not, they want to be seen.
I/m thinking an all around white LED anchor light could be wired to a
relaxation oscillator or 555 timer chip to create a low current draw
white strobe. Yes? No?
Gordon


Certainly you could build a 555 powered on-off system to blink an
anchor light on and off and you would have a blinking light. Of course
a "Strobe" is a somewhat different beast as it is a flashing BRIGHT
light and much more likely to be noticed at a distance.


Ibid
(k4556ATinetDOTcoDOTth)

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com