jakey wrote:Hey Scott just wondering if you've ever thought about a fast wig wag? (like tow trucks and emergency vehicles have?) is there a technical reason or just never implemented? I think it would be a good idea for tap turn 2.0
Do you mean speed up the clock x 2, so you'd get wig wag going back and forth twice as fast.
I've also had people ask if a strobe (double pulse per side) is possible, not only for wig wag, but for all things - signaling included. So for anywhere you'd see a blink on a signal light, you'd get a strobe instead.
The main reasons for not wanting to get too quick on the blinks are two-fold: incandescent lamps (stock bulbs) are sluggish, and Tapturn uses relays to drive load - which are mechanical devices so they're slow too, and speeding things up wears out the contacts faster. Both of these negatives relate to stock bulbs mostly.
If you're running LED bulbs things change a bit. You've got instant on light, and the load is so slight that relay contact wear is negligible. SO it makes sense you can drive features faster
if you have LED's. Loads of people who buy Tapturn do have LED's.
Also keep in mind one of the big benefits of Tapturn is that it solves the hyperblink problem of dropping LED's into the car signals. (Some people actually like the hyperblink and keep the stock flasher to get their speedy blinks that way, great!)
But generally, blink too fast and things start looking like hyperblink which looks like "you have a problem with your signals" and is something people instinctively want to get rid of.
For all these reasons it makes sense to me to offer weird blinky features for hazards, and not signaling. Keep signaling steady 90cpm or so. Speeding up the hazard modes (strobes or faster wig wag) make sense for LED's only.
A constant challenge is not filling up the user interface space with too many features to make it hard to remember how to use features. Having the easter egg that's in there now (slow wig wag) is already pushing the limits of usability, that's why I don't advertise it as a feature but still hang it out there if you're crafty enough to find and use good for you.
I'll dream on these things... thanks for the suggestions.