On Dec 20, 2013, at 10:19 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote:

> At 10:12 PM 12/20/2013, Jarrett Kupcinski wrote:
>> And that's fine and dandy, but I was thinking about adding a bit o'
>> logic to the circuit to eliminate the flicker "noise."  
> 
> An easy way would be with a 555 timer (pretty sure RS still sells
> them) set up as a monostable.
> 

Excellent, David. That's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for, and thanks for the link. I'll do a test wireup and see how it works.

As an added bonus, I can also use that IC to build Knight Rider lights for the van. 
http://clarkson-uk.com/555-timer/projects/k-rider.html
How can I resist expressing my inner Hasselhoff?

-J