Tape Creations...

Happy Monkey · 02-06-2005, 11:13 AM

I might as well make a home for my tape creations here.

Here are my former posts on the subject.
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight

Happy Monkey · 02-06-2005, 11:21 AM

My latest is a bit more complicated. I added blinky lights.

I got the circuit diagram from here, blew the dust off of my Electrical Engineering class equipment, and made several trips to Radio Shack. CAT5 cable conveniently has enough wires for a ground, 3 pairs of alternating blinkers, and one always-on light, so I put an ethernet socket in the project enclosure.

Here are the resulting electronics, with the enclosure open and closed.

Happy Monkey · 02-06-2005, 11:26 AM

At the bottom of the second photo above, you can see a Radio Shack Adaptaplug, and an indicator light. The light is green when the plug is attached correctly, red if it's in backwards. Adaptaplug, for some reason, decided not to design it in a way that prevents incorrect attachments.

Anyway, I soldered my LEDs to the other end of the ethernet cable, and wrapped it with tape. Then I started constructing a spiky ball around the end.

Happy Monkey · 02-06-2005, 11:27 AM

And here it is completed, with flash and without.

wolf · 02-06-2005, 11:29 AM

Oh wow! That is soooo cool!

Happy Monkey · 02-06-2005, 11:32 AM

Here's one that's not blinky, but it is lit, and is on a cool marble pillar.

Happy Monkey · 02-06-2005, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

Oh wow! That is soooo cool!

Thanks!

xoxoxoBruce · 02-06-2005, 05:02 PM

Excellent, HM. Good photography too.

The indicator light changes color with polarity? Cool.

Beestie · 02-06-2005, 07:24 PM

Very cool.

Happy Monkey · 02-06-2005, 07:53 PM

Thanks!

Radio Shack helped a bit by selling an LED that changes color with polarity.

And, as it seems to be a question that cropped up every so often in the Art Gallery, here's how I color them:

xoxoxoBruce · 02-06-2005, 08:07 PM

OK, how did you get a streak of color on the outside of the pen barrel? Second marker of the same color?

Happy Monkey · 02-06-2005, 09:03 PM

It's on a strip of tape that I colored and then stuck on.

Happy Monkey · 03-28-2005, 03:48 PM

I've got a new one with blinky lights that I'm very happy with. I'd like to make an animated GIF out of a short AVI I took with my digital camera. Any advice on good, reputable, shareware/freeware software to do so?

LabRat · 03-30-2005, 01:41 PM

Too cool. It looks like a couple of the ones you gave as gifts were ornaments. This makes me think that, now since you have the technology to light up your sculptures, you need to make a string of christmas lights with these. Blinky ones would be so awesome. You could sell them, and give 10% to charity (aka The Cellar). I'll be the first to put my order in for 3 strings, on the house of course since this was my idea ...

kerosene · 03-30-2005, 01:49 PM

I would buy one.

BTW, those are really cool.

02-06-2005, 11:13 AM	#1
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Tape Creations... I might as well make a home for my tape creations here. Here are my former posts on the subject. One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-06-2005, 11:21 AM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	My latest is a bit more complicated. I added blinky lights. I got the circuit diagram from here, blew the dust off of my Electrical Engineering class equipment, and made several trips to Radio Shack. CAT5 cable conveniently has enough wires for a ground, 3 pairs of alternating blinkers, and one always-on light, so I put an ethernet socket in the project enclosure. Here are the resulting electronics, with the enclosure open and closed. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-06-2005, 11:26 AM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	At the bottom of the second photo above, you can see a Radio Shack Adaptaplug, and an indicator light. The light is green when the plug is attached correctly, red if it's in backwards. Adaptaplug, for some reason, decided not to design it in a way that prevents incorrect attachments. Anyway, I soldered my LEDs to the other end of the ethernet cable, and wrapped it with tape. Then I started constructing a spiky ball around the end. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-06-2005, 11:27 AM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	And here it is completed, with flash and without. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-06-2005, 11:29 AM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Oh wow! That is soooo cool! __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-06-2005, 11:32 AM	#6
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Here's one that's not blinky, but it is lit, and is on a cool marble pillar. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-06-2005, 05:02 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Excellent, HM. Good photography too. The indicator light changes color with polarity? Cool. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-06-2005, 07:24 PM	#9
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Very cool. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

02-06-2005, 07:53 PM	#10
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Thanks! Radio Shack helped a bit by selling an LED that changes color with polarity. And, as it seems to be a question that cropped up every so often in the Art Gallery, here's how I color them: Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-06-2005, 08:07 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OK, how did you get a streak of color on the outside of the pen barrel? Second marker of the same color? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-06-2005, 09:03 PM	#12
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	It's on a strip of tape that I colored and then stuck on. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-28-2005, 03:48 PM	#13
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I've got a new one with blinky lights that I'm very happy with. I'd like to make an animated GIF out of a short AVI I took with my digital camera. Any advice on good, reputable, shareware/freeware software to do so? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-30-2005, 01:41 PM	#14
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Too cool. It looks like a couple of the ones you gave as gifts were ornaments. This makes me think that, now since you have the technology to light up your sculptures, you need to make a string of christmas lights with these. Blinky ones would be so awesome. You could sell them, and give 10% to charity (aka The Cellar). I'll be the first to put my order in for 3 strings, on the house of course since this was my idea ... __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

03-30-2005, 01:49 PM	#15
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	I would buy one. BTW, those are really cool.

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