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# FireFly Solar / 日輪蛍
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**Nichirin Hotaru**
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*A small solar-powered Morse firefly for the outdoors.*
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**太陽を宿し、夜にモールスを灯す蛍。**
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*Taiyō o yadoshi, yoru ni Mōrusu o tomosu hotaru.*
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*A firefly carrying the sun, lighting Morse in the night.*
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## Overview
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FireFly Solar is a small outdoor LED blinker inspired by the idea of an LED throwie, but powered by sunlight instead of a disposable coin cell.
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During the day, the solar cell charges the energy storage.
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At night, the circuit wakes up and sends a simple Morse-style light signal.
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The project is partly a small garden object, partly a low-power electronics experiment, and partly a design exercise for future DIY kits.
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## Project Goals
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- Build a solar-powered outdoor Morse blinker
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- Keep the hardware simple and robust
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- Improve practical low-power design skills
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- Test mechanical concepts for outdoor 3D-printed parts
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- Learn what is needed to turn a small electronics project into a possible DIY kit
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## Naming
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The English project name remains:
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**FireFly Solar**
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For blog posts, documentation, and presentation, the project also uses the Japanese name:
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**日輪蛍 / Nichirin Hotaru**
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The name roughly means **sun-disc firefly**. It keeps the solar theme, adds a slightly mythic tone, and still fits a small piece of outdoor hardware.
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## Contributing
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PRs and issues welcome. Keep it simple.
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Photos of your build you send me go in `Documentation/gallery/` with a short caption and license notice.
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## Default license**: [CC-BY-NC-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) |