The Wasteland - ACT Style

[Sinista32]

a chip for the GF ?

[Randon_I_Am]

I'm going to make a demo one that i can take around and show people, then look at getting some circuit boards printed up for them

How i made it.

I take a 240vac to 5vdc transformer, power up a small microphone then run the output through an amplifier circuit and into my Microprocessor.

Inside the Microprocessor I've written some code to look at the shape of the voltage spike and determine if it's a clap or not.

If it sees a clap it starts a timer that waits for the second clap. If all the parameters are met eg, amplitude, frequency (sharpness) and time between claps, the Microprocessor switches a relay on which switches the light on...

All of this fits in behind the switch plate on the wall and there is an extra switch that houses the microphone.

The first Version of software started switching on the lights with coughing and laughing and stuff. But Version 2 seems rock solid so far!

Hopfully i can make them quickly and package them nicely for around fiddy bucks. depending if anyone actually wants one of course...

[Scar]

Im keen

[Trozzle]

f**k you're such a nerd Pat. Which is awesome. hahahaha I'm interested also, though this switch's application is more or less limited to fixed lighting yeah?

[Shell]

Original Superman starting on Go! now. For anyone that cares.

[Sinista32]

Man of

[Shell]

Hahaha I see what you did there

[Shell]

I'm just hanging out for qualifying at 9.30pm!

f**k I love Monaco!!!

[Sinista32]

never mind - answer is yer on One

[Randon_I_Am]

What do you mean by fixed lighting? Given that I can switch a relay with sounds waves, I'm pretty confident I can switch anything with just about anything

[Manuel Kasko]

I'm interested given it doesn't need anything to be drilled etc. damn rental house

[Trozzle]

What do you mean by fixed lighting? Given that I can switch a relay with sounds waves, I'm pretty confident I can switch anything with just about anything

nvm, I think I answered my own question just after I asked it anyway

[Got a Pulsar]

Is there a Marsupial in the House???

You Bet your ARSE!!!

Took us a few weeks to prove to the realestate that we had more than just mice in the ceiling, but there aint no doubt now!

Little Bastard chewed a decent hole in the fascia board and punched through the air vent in the ceiling, leaving a bit of a trail and a small gift.

Moving house in a week so... Meh... Whatever.

Edited May 27, 2012 by Not a Pulsar

[Jimmy_8472]

^{Sounds pretty awesome Pat. I wish i was clever and what not. lol.}

^{You see the race Shell?}

^{Closest race at Monaco i've ever seen, Awesome!!!!}

[Shell]

Sure did! Webber got away clean.... then I started to worry cos you can only go backwards in placings from there lol.. wasn't sure he'd be able to keep it up till the end but he did YAY!

Can't believe I haven't seen a GIF of when he sprayed himself in the face with champers yet

[Sinista32]

Webber gets a facial Shell ???

[Jimmy_8472]

Sure did! Webber got away clean.... then I started to worry cos you can only go backwards in placings from there lol.. wasn't sure he'd be able to keep it up till the end but he did YAY!

Can't believe I haven't seen a GIF of when he sprayed himself in the face with champers yet

I think he played it pretty safe, didn't risk trying to build a gap or anything, which to be honest is pointless because of the high chance of a safety car to spoil it, a very mature drive. BRING ON CANADA!

as for the gif, its only a matter of time!! lol.

[Shell]

Yeah, and I liked his little comment in the press conference about the team strategy, basically saying that if they'd ripped him off and somehow given Vettel the win "that's not what was supposed to happen" or something along those lines. I love how he's not afraid to say things, and he does it really subtly so it doesn't sound like he's bagging his team or team mate

Oh and:

[Jimmy_8472]

Definately one of the few people on the grid that tells it how it is.

[Jimmy_8472]