pic: My weekend project

[mechanicalbrain]

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[Nuttyman54]

So THAT's where all the cold cathodes went...

[Michelle Celio]

Ohhhh pretty. So whats its purpose? Or is it just to be like "Hey I made this...Cool"?

[Elgin Clock]

Whoa.. I'm having thoughts of 2003 vs 2006 now.. Sterilite bins from 2003, vs Cold Cathodes from 2006. Nice..

I'm guessing it's a homemade computer case? If so, that's pretty cool.

[Michelle Celio]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

I'm guessing it's a homemade computer case? If so, that's pretty cool.

Home made computer case? In a plastic box? That'd be pretty awesome, if the CPU wouldn't fry.. =P

Still pretty cool

[mechanicalbrain]

It's a housing to a computer power source. I'm using it to power various projects so I decided to give it a case. I still need to add holes for the cables and glue that grill on (it's taped right now). I used this to do some testing on our robot while running it on AC instead of the battery. I put a post out their a while back that one of these would make a perfect housing, I had some free time so I decided to prove it.

NOTE: If you do something like this yourself make sure you are very carefull. To get a computer power source to work without a motherboard you have to essentually short it. Also these things have the potential to be dangerous.

[Sharkbyte]

Originally Posted by mechanicalbrain

It's a housing to a computer power source. I'm using it to power various projects so I decided to give it a case. I still need to add holes for the cables and glue that grill on (it's taped right now). I used this to do some testing on our robot while running it on AC instead of the battery. I put a post out their a while back that one of these would make a perfect housing, I had some free time so I decided to prove it.

So I'm assuming the cold cathodes are there only to make it the sweetest looking power supply ever

[mechanicalbrain]

Originally Posted by Sharkbyte

So I'm assuming the cold cathodes are there only to make it the sweetest looking power supply ever

Yep, that and the lighted switch. I added another switch to the bottom so I could turn off the cathodes if I wanted. ooh and if you look hard you can see mesh covering the vent, thats modders mesh.

Originally Posted by JamesBrown

I would like to see some one get a stack attak robot to locate and stack boxes lit up like this autonomously using the camera.

Funny, I was just thinking about how that would make a great game for next year. Lighted game pieces.

[Qbranch]

Originally Posted by mechanicalbrain

Yep, that and the lighted switch. I added another switch to the bottom so I could turn off the cathodes if I wanted. ooh and if you look hard you can see mesh covering the vent, thats modders mesh.

Funny, I was just thinking about how that would make a great game for next year. Lighted game pieces.

My Spring Break Project: Take a seemingly normal power wheels car and make it a fast remote control goose chasing machine, may become semi-autonomous

Should be interesting, making my own Robot Controller from scratch (IC's, PC board,...) and i'm using a 1 mile range radio modem...

Updates later this week...

[Sharkbyte]

Originally Posted by Qbranch

My Spring Break Project: Take a seemingly normal power wheels car and make it a fast remote control goose chasing machine, may become semi-autonomous

Should be interesting, making my own Robot Controller from scratch (IC's, PC board,...) and i'm using a 1 mile range radio modem...

Updates later this week...

sounds fun, where do you plan to get the scematics?

[Qbranch]

Originally Posted by Sharkbyte

sounds fun, where do you plan to get the scematics?

I don't plan to get them, I plan to make them

I'm pretty good with Multisim, TurboCAD, Surfcam, and MCC18...

[KenWittlief]

I thought it was nuclear gerbils :c(

[JamesBrown]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Whoa.. I'm having thoughts of 2003 vs 2006 now.. Sterilite bins from 2003, vs Cold Cathodes from 2006. Nice..

I'm guessing it's a homemade computer case? If so, that's pretty cool.

I would like to see some one get a stack attak robot to locate and stack boxes lit up like this autonomously using the camera.

[Stuart]

yeah I have a fealing that alot of unused electronics from this years kit will end up on my breadboard at home.

[Jack Jones]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

So THAT's where all the cold cathodes went...

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