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What is an LED Stroboscope

The LED Stroboscope is intended to measure the RPM of a spinning object and be able to read off the RPM to the user.

What is my Purpose

My project will be able to match the frequency of a rotating object and read back the RPM back to the user. 

What is the Stroboscopic effect

Basically, when you look at a fan, if you have one blade of it marked with a line and you match the frequency at which a light is quickly flashing it'll look as if it is standing still. On the left will be a video showing this.

Why chose this project

It's a cool little project that may not have a whole lot of practical uses but will be fun to experiment with and be able to see the effects of it in real life. Another cool thing you can do is flash it at waterfalls and it will look like the water is standing still.

Where could you use this

While it may not be able to read cars going at higher speeds it will be able to get an accurate RPM looking at most house fans. It can read car wheels RPMs but after a time the light will reach 60 Hz and just appear on to the human eye.

How do you use it

There's two main parts to my project. There's the LED board and the Circuit Board. These two will be in boxes connected to each other with a cable. Once you turn it on, the lights will begin flashing at a certain frequency. There will be a potentiometer that you can turn to increase/decrease the frequency at which the light is flashing. Once you match the frequency with the rpm its flashing and keep it there, the OLED will display a number of RPM. This is the basic guide on how my Stroboscope will work to produce RPM equal to the speed of the 

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