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Pimp your Shoes

Trendy shoe adornment

Published in issue 375, March 2008

Pimp your Shoes
Shoes that light up? No problem, these days you can buy (almost) anything. But it is of course much more fun and challenging to enhance a pair of shoes yourself with these trendy lights, using a clever little circuit and some LEDs.

Components

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Resistors
R1 = 47kΩ (SMD 0805)
R2,R3 = 10kΩ (SMD 0805)
R4 = 220Ω (SMD 0805)
P1 = 1MΩ preset
Capacitors
C1 = 470nF (SMD 0805)
C2,C3,C4 = 100nF (SMD 0805)
Semiconductors
D1-D18 = low-current LED
T1 = BC847 (SMD)
IC1 = 74HC(T)132 (SMD SO14)
IC2,IC3 = 74HC4017 (SMD SO16)
Miscellaneous
BT1 = 3V Lithium button cell
PCB, ref. EPS 070851-1

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