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08-03-2006, 08:45 AM | #45 | |
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08-03-2006, 08:58 AM | #46 |
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stupid question...but if i go to radioshack and buy all the stuff and solder this thing together...
is there anyway i can test it before i rip open my car?...i have never done anything like this to a car and im a little nervous about it...
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ohh...one more thing...
in the pics where you had that panel removed where we have to hook up the power...it doesnt look like there's much room in there, is there enough for this new circuit board?
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08-03-2006, 11:23 AM | #49 | |
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The difference between a soldering iron and a soldering gun is the gun looks like a drill. It has a trigger and instead of a chuck it has what looks like a wire that loops something like the shape of Oklahoma. The "panhandle" is the hot tip that does the work. An iron on the otherhand looks something like a curling iron with a electric cord out one end and a very hot bar on the other end (when it's plugged in, of course) that is either ground to a chisel shaped tip or looks like the tip of a pencil. The gun is good for splicing wires together but pretty useless on a circuit board. There you would best use a pencil tip or small, quarter-inch chisel tip.
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08-03-2006, 12:04 PM | #51 |
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Great DIY.
I have the alarm, but I sadly bought it mainly for the audible confirmation, which is almost inaudible.
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08-03-2006, 06:31 PM | #53 |
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Is there any way someone who knows how to make these to make some for us and sell them as a group buy? Anyone?
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08-04-2006, 02:34 AM | #54 |
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so, let me get this.... Once I build the board (building the circuit is the fun part for me; I have a MS in Electrical Engineering...), here's what I can do...
1) Open the light/roof panel (I will figure it out...) 2) Find the two wires that run into the clown nose (what color are they exactly?) 3) Connect the two clown nose wires between Pin 3 and 8 of the TLC555 (where does these two wires end up at by factory default? ) 4) Connect the end of R3 to the Connection 1 of the 'black box', and then ground the whole thing (where is the ground at exactly??) 5) tuck everything inside the panel and put everything back 6) Wha-La! Is that it? |
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It looks to be very straight forward. The most complicated part for most people is probably soldering the components together on the board.
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Anyone actually done this yet?
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08-28-2006, 12:14 AM | #60 |
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Can someone make me one of these contraptions, so my clown nose will blink? Has anyone actually done this yet? Thanks.
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08-28-2006, 02:37 PM | #61 |
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Anyone?
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08-30-2006, 12:17 PM | #62 |
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OK Since I had some spare time yesterday anyway I went to Radioshack, got the parts and took pictures of the process of putting this together. You can see board on a first 2 pitures, timer next, than step by step inserting and soldering parts to the board, last step is to attach wires and jumpers. This all process took me about 20-30 minutes to complete. I hope this helps. Next will be replacing LED on-board with connecions to LED in the clown nose, connect the board to the car ... basically follow my original instructions.
PS Obviosly, I have no need for a second board, so if you want it PM me (please do not ask me for a group buy -- I am not going to start an assembly line). |
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Two questions -
1) is that a 1000mF or 1000uF capacitor? There seems to be some inconsistency between the diagram and RadioShack links given below; 2) Can someone confirm the colour of the wires going into the LED? I have not opened the panel yet but if I am tapping into these wires I don't want to leave any room for guessing Thanks! |
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