Heart-shaped Badge Project

The badge consists of eight LEDs arranged in the shape of a heart. One LED is lit at a time and this
‘chases’ round the shape. It would be easy to adapt this project to create other shapes with the 8 LEDs.

Parts Required
• resistors: 2.2k, 47k, 270 ×8 • 4017 counter IC
• capacitors: 0.1µF, 1µF 16V radial • DIL sockets for ICs: 8-pin, 16-pin
• red LEDs ×8 • on/off switch
• 555 timer IC • battery snap for 9V PP3
• safety pin to attach badge
• ribbon cable 9-way about 1 metre (to connect badge to main circuit)
• stripboard: 16 rows × 19 holes for circuit, 10 rows × 9 holes for badge
Stripboard Layouts
red

0.1µF
2k2

47k
1µF
red
9-way ribbon cable to LED badge

green 5 270
blue 6 270 red
red 2 270
brown 1 270
orange 3 270
violet 7 270
white 8 270 black
yellow 4 270

black 0V

Cut the track under = cut track

each 270 resistor

safety pin
safety pin
grey 8
violet 7 1 brown
0V black
blue 6 2 red

green 5 3 orange

4 yellow
Arrange the 8 LEDs in a heart
shape like this. Note that the Rear view of LED badge (solder side).
two centre LEDs have their + Attach the ribbon cable wires directly
(long) leads down, the other 6 to the LED leads (so they won't show
LEDs have their long leads up. on the front of the badge).

Circuit diagram
2k2 reset on 9th count

8 4 16 9 15
7
14 4017 1-of-10 counter 8 9V
555
6 timer 3
47k 13 3 2 4 7 10 1 5 6

0.1µF 2 1 8x
270
+ ribbon cable is connected in here
1µF

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

© John Hewes 2006, The Electronics Club,

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