RE: [OT] Maplin's glowing balls

["Ward, David" <DAvid.Ward@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah,  wired charging

I was (stupidly, for the price) thinking they were charging like the these
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/5cf5/

I wasn't expecting to use much of the exsisting control electronics, just
the power and the LED

maybe putting in a tiny 6 pin or 8 pin PIC=20

unfortunateley this is wayyyyy down on the list of Things to do :(

Thanks for the info though,  I might get a couple as presents.
Our friends kids are captivated by the colour changing LED in the our Psion
Wavefinder when they stay over=20

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Doogie Brodie [mailto:doogie.brodie@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 07 June 2005 11:29
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Maplin's glowing balls


I've got some from when they were =A314 in the newsletter and the missus
wants another 3 sets, so the drop in price is welcome :)

The individual balls are self contained with the battery, light
source, on-off switch and a connector on the bottom to charge via the
base unit.

The lights cycle when switched on and they don't have the ability to
stop on a certain colour or anything.

Unless you're cutting them open, removing the switch, and providing a
seperate power supply (IIRC they quote about 5 or 6 hours run time on
batteries) and possibly re-programming whatever is inside to show a
single colour etc....

I would be interested to hear from anyone that's done that.......! I
just switch them on, put them somewhere and look at the purty lights.
;->

Doogie

On 07/06/05, Ward, David <DAvid.Ward@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>=20
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?C=3DNewsletter&U=3DP6-3&ModuleNo
=3D44465&T=3D109
> 81841
>=20
> These would make the basis of a nice little project for a RF link and
a
> microcontroller....
> I'm thinking of ambient email notification, network connection status,
> weather forcast, alarm status,  VIP incomming phone call,  etc, etc,



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