 Hack your fibre optic tree
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Conundrum
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Fri Dec 17 2010, 09:23AM
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Registered Member #96
Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 05:37PM
Location: CI, Earth
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Hi all.
OK, I did something like this a few years using LEDs flashing in a random pattern.
Looked cool for about 5 minutes then got a bit boring.
My idea is to use one of those $5 1.1" digital picture frames (as they are on special offer)
and glue them to the bottom of a fibre lamp.
Said lamp happens to have three AA batteries , so in series with a diode to give the required 4.1V.
it can easily run the frame for a lot longer than the original 50mAh lipo even with a 0.5W white LED.
It even has a nice blue 8mm in there already with the same pinout and spacing.
EDIT:- confirmed that it works, a single button gets it into USB mode when pressed three times.
Set contrast to max, enable 1 second slideshow and contrast to maximum.
Load pictures consisting of lots of vivid colours in random patterns.
The backlight LED can be reused as can the diffuser panel, substituting a sanded down 0.5W LED or
salvaged mobile phone screen backlight panels.
pics soon, just finalising the mechanics.
-A
"Bother" said Pooh, as he failed the Woolworths exam...
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