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by Rotary Rasp on Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:54 am

Here is my design. I added two additional transistors for a total of six leds. The green led comes on when the red power switch is flipped and the red led is for the status.

I'm using 3 AAA's. I planned on using 3 AA's but it didn't fit with the case I wanted to use.

Hope you enjoy!

by jasonx on Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:36 am

excellent work :D
did you use the kit components and add extra led's ect: with your own board ?
or did you build it from scratch

by drewgolden on Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:12 pm

Very impressive build!

I should have switched to AAA as well, it would have fit much better.

Just got another kit and waiting for my tri-wing screwdriver to arrive.

Next case? Game Boy Color. AA Battery compartment already on case, and I plan on hacking a game cartridge so the IRs shine out the top. Should be very nice when done. Will use the existing power switch to bypass the battery and of course A will "fire" in real life :-)

by Rotary Rasp on Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:22 pm

jasonx wrote:excellent work :D
did you use the kit components and add extra led's ect: with your own board ?
or did you build it from scratch

both, I bought a kit and built it. After seeing just how simple it was, I decided to build my own. I bought the parts from mouser. I ordered an extra micro controller when I bought my kit just in case.

by Rotary Rasp on Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:47 pm

I changed the toggle switch with a slide switch and added to more leds. I also ordered some TSAL6100 leds. I'll install them when they arrive.

by magician13134 on Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:09 pm

How did you get the little rings around all the LEDs?

by jasonx on Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:01 am

magician13134 wrote:How did you get the little rings around all the LEDs?

I believe he used led panel mounting clips similar to these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/50-X-5mm-black-pl ... p1638.m122

by Rotary Rasp on Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:35 am

jasonx wrote:
magician13134 wrote:How did you get the little rings around all the LEDs?

I believe he used led panel mounting clips similar to these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/50-X-5mm-black-pl ... p1638.m122

thats correct

by Rotary Rasp on Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:48 pm

update: I replaced the two middle leds with TSAL6100's for better long range.

by jasonx on Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:33 pm

Rotary Rasp wrote:update: I replaced the two middle leds with TSAL6100's for better long range.

Are they any better ?
I have some but have not tested them yet

by Rotary Rasp on Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:23 pm

I took it to circuit city last night. It worked from all the way across the store. I had no way of measuring the distance but it was pretty far. (at least 150 feet)

by magician13134 on Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:28 pm

Is your pushbutton attached as an input or just directly to power?

by Rotary Rasp on Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:23 am

It's attached to the reset pin on the IC.

by magician13134 on Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:33 am

I see. Cool, thanks

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