LED chaser/sequencer circuits
The so-called chaser or sequencer is one of the most popular types of LED-driving circuit and is widely used in advertising displays and in running-light ‘rope’ displays in small discos, etc. It consists – in essence – of a clocked IC or other electronic unit that drives an array of LEDs in such a way that individual LEDs (or small groups of LEDs) turn on and off in a predetermined and repeating sequence, thus producing a visually attractive display in which one or more ripples of light seem to repeatedly run through a chain or around a ring of LEDs.
The 4017B CMOS IC is probably the best known and most widely used LED-driving IC used in chaser/sequencer applications. This chapter looks at a variety of practical ...
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