I took apart a old CD ROM Drive and kept everything and I was wondering what I should do with the case. It would be really cool to make something out of it, but I need an idea as to what I should make it. USB Thing? Robot? ???
It is the standard size CD ROM DRive
Post an Idea, but it must be not too complicated (Internet Server) or too easy (lightbulb and battery).
Post a photo of what you have to show what you mean by the CD-ROM drive case. Is it one that has a CD tray, and if so, is that part of what you have to use? Otherwise, all you have is a discount project box, and the options are too numerous to mention. Kudos to you for recycling, though.
I've been working on and off on a simple input buffer for my soundcard so I can use freeware "soundcard scope" software using the line in jack. A CD drive case would provide plenty of room for two channels plus switches for x1/x10.
If the eject mechanism was still working you could put it back in the computer and use it as a cup holder: push the button to deploy the cup holder and push it again to stow it.
You could also use it as a robot chassis. Call it a RomBler....
put your junebug in there and put the case in the drive bay of the pc. run a usb cable into the pc to the motherboard usb header. you could run an icsp cable from the front to the real world, or you could even mount a zif socket vertically on the front for direct programming.
I took apart a old CD ROM Drive and kept everything and I was wondering what I should do with the case. It would be really cool to make something out of it, but I need an idea as to what I should make it. USB Thing? Robot? ???
It is the standard size CD ROM DRive
Post an Idea, but it must be not too complicated (Internet Server) or too easy (lightbulb and battery).
I like all your ideas (except marks ), but I think I am going to make a complex LED Flasher using 555, PIC18F1320, and a handful of LED's and Logic Chips to make a overelaborate display then mount it inside