ShockSlayer
Probably SS
Can't put it any better than robm did.
SS
SS
The afternoon projects thread
- Thread starter Basement_Modder
- Start date
Basement_Modder
He who mods in thy basement.
Jlee, I love you.
I watch you sleep <3Basement_Modder said:
As a note, the program itself was pretty simple.
I mean, there were some bloated bits to it that just took a stupid amount of time, but for the most part, it's pretty straightforward.
Code:
void loop(){
u8 k = 0;
int t = 0;
int run = 1;
while(run == 1){
for(int i = 0; i < runspeed; i++){
for(int j = 0; j < 27; j++){
k = pgm_read_byte( &(heart[t][j]) );
if (k == 2){
run = 0;
}
else if(k == 1){
light(j+1);
_delay_ms(blinkdelay);
alloff();
}
else if(k == 0){
_delay_ms(blinkdelay);
}
}
}
t++;
}
alloff();
_delay_ms(100000);
}'Tis the main loop.
Really quite small.
Basement_Modder
He who mods in thy basement.
If that's not love, what is? <3jleemero said:
TheNineRings
Official Hypello of ModRetro
The easiest project I can think of doing in an afternoon is to build a flashilight. I did it, but I was using and old bulb and I accidently used batteries that were to strong. Anyways, if you can solder, you can build a flashlight. Very easy in idea, very easy in execution.
Basement_Modder
He who mods in thy basement.
I misread this word at first glance.The Question said:
I didn't figure it out until you made soldering references. I couldn't imagine one of those made of metal.
TheNineRings
Official Hypello of ModRetro
Oops, I wrote flasilight. 
TheNineRings
Official Hypello of ModRetro
Make one that you can charge by winding.
XCVG
ModRetro Legend
I ripped apart the broken PS1 I got. Turns out it didn't respond to controller input because a cable was unplugged. I proceeded to rip it down to the board, though, so I could create a disassembly guide. I also changed the LED. I wanted a blue one but didn't have one, so I used what I thought was a red LED but turned out to be white. Oh well, white's pretty cool anyway. Will post disassembly guide soon, probably.
TheNineRings
Official Hypello of ModRetro
Another afternoon project. Build a crossbow that launches pencils. Materials used: paper, tape, big black paper clip, and paper. Should take you around 15 minutes. I made one, and I accidently shot it off into the ceiling at school. 
pLover
Apparently plover is a type of bird.
It wasn't an afternoon, but a few months ago I made a super-easy LED flashlight. I cut up lots of balsa wood into rectangles, glued them together and cut a long rectangle through it for 2 AA batteries. I ripped out a coil and a disc from a battery... thing and glued them into the rectangle. Then I wired the terminals to a switch and LEDs which I glued in place on the front. I then cut out very thin strips of various lengths of balsa wood and glued them to the edges. Then I cut out another rectangle and glued it in place, covering the wires (which were glued down to prevent messiness), LEDs, and switch. I cut out YET ANOTHER pice of wood and glued velcro onto it, then I glued velcro in matching place on the main part of the flashlight and glued more thing strips of wood in place, to even out some stuff. I filled in some holes and sanded the whole thing down, and now it looks pretty nice. I've been holding out on posting it here because I want to use some wood finish on it, but I still haven't gotten around to doing so, and knowing me, I probably never will. But as for now, it works well, it's bright, EXTREMELY light (less than 1/8 pound, even with batteries, if I remember correctly).
tl;dr? I made an LED flashlight out of wood, LEDs, AAs, and velcro.
tl;dr? I made an LED flashlight out of wood, LEDs, AAs, and velcro.
snowpenguin
Frequent Poster
I glued a PC fan to a paper plate last night and made a mini hovercraft. It was pretty cool, I'll be making some awesome modifications here soon. I'll add another fan for lift, and then a couple of fans to the top to make it move what direction I want. Then I'll make a controller and like a 20 foot cord and hook up some sort of power source.
Joeyjoe9876
Frequent Poster
SP you just gave me ideas.
snowpenguin
Frequent Poster
If I had a working microcontroller and a couple servos I'd use only one fan for thrust, with a couple of rudderlike things on the back that could change where the airflow went.
Also, just remembered PC fans only go 1 direction, so I'd need 3 fans for thrust on the thing. I don't think 2 fans will be able to hold that weight up unless I have some with MONSTER airflow.
Also, just remembered PC fans only go 1 direction, so I'd need 3 fans for thrust on the thing. I don't think 2 fans will be able to hold that weight up unless I have some with MONSTER airflow.
Threw together a new laser module, no power supply wired up yet, but works on my bench:
320mw of 655nm red laser light.
Will take some pics tonight when it gets dark outside.
320mw of 655nm red laser light.
Will take some pics tonight when it gets dark outside.Fall_of_man
Member
320Mw is decent, How hot does the diode get, and is it stable for a period of time?PalmerTech said:320mw of 655nm red laser light.
Have you thought about making a bench top Co2 gas laser? You could use it for cases, and most of the time they get far more Mw or power than a regular Diode laser.
