Universal brake light control mechanism

A brake light pulser:

• a. comprising:
• i. a low voltage direct current power supply;
• ii. a microprocessor coupled to said power supply;
• iii. an RF transceiver powered by said power supply and in data communication with said microprocessor, wherein said microprocessor is reprogrammable via said RF transceiver to modify data sensed by a current sensor;
• iv. the current sensor in direct serial communication with said microprocessor and operable to determine and communicate a current in a brake light;
• v. a constant current/constant voltage controller in serial communication with said microprocessor;
• vi. a MOSFET operable to conduct power from said constant current/constant voltage controller to said brake light responsive to control signals from said microprocessor;
• and
• b. operable to supply correct voltage and amperage to each type of any one of a plurality of various types of pulsable light-emitting devices responsive to an output of said current sensor, each said type of light-emitting device of said plurality of various types of light-emitting devices having a unique voltage requirement and a unique amperage requirement;
• and
• c. wherein said various types of light-emitting devices include:
• i. an LED;
• ii. an LED array;
• and
• iii. an incandescent light source.

A brake light pulser:

• a. comprising:
• i. a low voltage direct current power supply;
• ii. a microprocessor coupled to said power supply;
• iii. an RF transceiver powered by said power supply and in data communication with said microprocessor;
• iv. a current sensor in direct serial communication with said microprocessor and operable to determine and communicate a current in a brake light;
• v. a constant current/constant voltage controller in serial communication with said microprocessor;
• vi. a MOSFET operable to conduct power from said constant current/constant voltage controller to said brake light responsive to control signals from said microprocessor;
• and
• b. operable to supply correct voltage and amperage to each type of any one of a plurality of various types of pulsable light-emitting devices, each said type of light-emitting device of said plurality of various types of light-emitting devices having a unique voltage requirement and a unique amperage requirement operable to supply correct voltage and amperage to respective each type of any one of a plurality of various types of pulsable light-emitting devices, each said type of light-emitting device of said plurality of various types of light-emitting devices having a unique voltage requirement and a unique amperage requirement;
• c. comprising said current sensor operable to:
• i. measure said unique amperage requirement;
• and ii. communicate said unique amperage requirement to a microprocessor;
• d. comprising said microprocessor operable to:
• i. determine said unique voltage requirement;
• ii. receive communication of said measured unique voltage requirement and said unique amperage requirement;
• iii. store samples of said measured unique voltage requirement and said unique amperage requirement;
• iv. generate control signals responsive to said stored unique voltage requirement samples and said unique amperage requirement samples;
• and v. communicate said control signals to the constant voltage/constant current controller;
• vi. wherein said microprocessor comprises:
• 1. a flash-based architecture;
• 2. a Controller Area Network bus connection operable to communicate programming instructions to said microprocessor, wherein said instructions include at least one pulse command sequence;
• 3. a serial communications link between said microprocessor and said RF transceiver operable to remotely communicate reprogramming instructions to said microprocessor, wherein said reprogramming instructions include at said least one pulse command sequence;
• and 4. storage capacity for said at least said one pulse command sequence.