New - LED - possibly more projects on the horizon

Projects General Guidance
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Hi All,

I'm completely new to Arduino.

I'm in the middle of a model build and looking at having approx. 3-6 LED's.

1 - Constant
2 - Blinking eg. every 1 min
3 - Blinking eg. every 30 secs
4 - Blinking eg. every 10 secs
5 - Blinking eg. every 1 sec etc.

I looking to user fiber to LED - my research has led me here.

I'm interested in two things

Materials required
Learn to program the above.

I'm completely new to Arduino - but have played with programming languages such as HTML, CCS, a little JavaScript - I appreciate this uses a different language but keen to learn rather than copy and paste.

I would appreciate some help and advise

Many Thanks

Churchy

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The demo Several Things at a Time shows how to blink a few LEDs using millis() to manage timing without blocking.

Have a look at Using millis() for timing. A beginners guide if you need more explanation.

...R

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churchy:
I looking to user fiber to LED - my research has led me here.

Probably not worth the trouble.

For models, you can use "0603" LEDs connected with "transformer wire" - requires some soldering skill - and avoid the limitations of actually coupling the fibre to the principal LED.

And if they are too large, there are 0402 LEDs. :astonished:

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Paul__B:
And if they are too large, there are 0402 LEDs. :astonished:

Gotta be a really small model if 0603 is too big :slight_smile:

Good soldering iron with fine tip, a magnifying glass (ideally with built-in light) and fine tweezers are some of the basic tools needed to work with those things.

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Thank you for your responses.

I've certainly have some research to do.