How about a recycling contest?
More than half of all the electronics components I have are all rendered down from recycled devices, it'd be a neat way to see who could come up with applications for that kind of stuff. Call it an electronic version of McGuyver =)
I guess you could tell I was funneling the idea from Brian. Hea,hea
Still a good one though.
More than half of all the electronics components I have are all rendered down from recycled devices, it'd be a neat way to see who could come up with applications for that kind of stuff. Call it an electronic version of McGuyver =)
Oh sure, to PIC or not to PIC that is the question.
Ron
How about a recycling contest? You'd have to limit it to simple things, say 5 items, create a device list, such as PC's, radio's, TV's, cell phones... Whatever. All must be in non working condition for the project, the only allowable external materials would be board to wire things up on and solder, or something to that effect.
More than half of all the electronics components I have are all rendered down from recycled devices, it'd be a neat way to see who could come up with applications for that kind of stuff. Call it an electronic version of McGuyver =)
Some variation on that, a fixed set of components that are allowed and see who can come up with the most useful device with those components would be another way to go. The usefulness would have to be determined by a panel of judges.
I'm the same way. About 98% of the components I have were taken from these types of items.
At the moment, I'm working on a Tesla Coil that uses mainly recycled materials. All it really needs is a capacitor, which I've been trying to find and/or make for the past three years...
Anyway, you've got my vote for the recycling contest!
Der Strom
Hi tcmtech,
here's my project, which I want to publish open source.
It's a DDS function generator (square, triangle and sine wave, the latter amplitude and offset adjustable) using an ATMega644, an AD9834 and a 12-bit DAC AD5620 for FSK, FM-frequency and binary AM modulation and an USB interface to control the whole thing via PC, besides local control via menu.
Display will be a 20X4 char LCD.
Max frequency of the AD9834 is 75MHz, but since I can't find a suitable crystal oscillator TTL compatible (5V) I'll probably overclock the device using an 80MHz oscillator and a proper heat sink on the chip.
Your scope would come in handy for me since mine is limited to 10MHz. (Unitrend UT81B).
Two prototype boards will be tested, one in Germany and the other one here in Thailand for optimum performance.
First results will be available in March.
(Anyone able to program Visual basic is welcome to participate in the project.)
Regards
Boncuk
P.S. Here is the initial PCB design
WOW Boncuk that is very complex!
On the other hand, what about building a o-scope?
That would be interesting. I have a small CRT tube that I kept from a teensy TV, and I still have the flyback for it too.
I don't have a clue how to run it though.
(Besides making HV with the flyback)
-Ben
Please keep thread on topic. Competition ideas
Please keep thread on topic. Competition ideas
I do believe the Gauntlet has been thrown.
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