Solar Powered PIC

Hi all.. Sorry this is maybe a bit long winded.

I'm Just gathering thoughts together for a project that has family
connection close at heart.

My father (deceased) was a lighhouse keeper on various lighhouses
around Ireland and as one of those Father/Son things, I'd like to keep
remembering him by having something around my home that may seem
unusual to neighbours but meaningful to me plus, a conversation
starter.

I used to have a lighhouse overlooking a garden pond that was powered
by a simple stobe circuit but it was more of a novelty when my dad was
alive.

What I would like to do now as a project is to build a PIC based
project that will simulate the flashing sequence of a particular
lighthouse. The PIC circuit I can get working okay via they
technology department in the school I work in but what I would like to
do is operate it using a solar panel so that I don't need to work with
mains - everything self-contained.

I've been looking at the Garden type solar panels and notice that they
only charge at 3.6V into 2 NICAD batteries at 2.8V but PIC's operate
at 5V. I would like to use LED's as the light source so what way
would anyone suggest I increase the charging mechanism so that I can
build up a suitable voltage/current to operate a PIC circuit with
LED's (say 1 bright LED)

Regards

Declan Barry
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