[GLLUG] Lamp Parts (for me to buy off you)

[Sean O'Malley]

My alarm clock i bought for like 10 bucks at meijers(on sale), cycles
through a bunch of colours. I don't know if it uses leds or not, but it
is annoying enough in the morning to get me up. =)

I also got the LED xmas light on clearance last year for like 5 bucks a
package.

You could just steal the alarm clock circuit and attach the xmas lights to
it drop it in that pyramid, and you could have an led light display with
a built-in clock for around 20 bucks.


On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Karl Schuttler wrote:

> I found a nice lamp I want to build. It uses red, green, and blue LEDs
> to cycle through rainbow-ish colors. I've wanted one of these for
> quite a long while, as I enjoy the soft light they give, as well as
> it's appeal to the techno fanboy within.
>
> There are several of these lamps on Thinkgeek. There is the Mathmos
> Softlight (Lamp or pillow shaped light that goes through colors, $49),
> Mathmos Airswitch (pass your hand over it and it turns on!, $85),
> Mathmos Aduki (a bean shaped light that goes through a variety of
> colors $50), and the Mathmos Color Bubble (spherical light that you
> can carry around and squeeze to turn on, $70).
>
> If you take a look at the prices, you will note how outrageous they
> are for the product that you get. While the geekly within me aches for
> such artsy-goods, they also have some drawbacks...
>
> *Most of them are made out of glass
> *The battery ones, such as the aduki, don't go through all the colors
> *The Softlight, while looking quite nice, is both made out of glass
> and has to be plugged in
> *The Color bubble is limited to one color
>
> So, the conclusion of this piece, is that I'll be able to make
> something just as hip for lesser a price, and gain a bit more
> soldering skill and general electronics know-how.
>
> So, here are the parts that I need in order to build it.
>
> - 3 transistors (I don't know what type yet, so I'll hold off)
> - one PIC 16F628 and a programmer*
> - a small perforated circuit board
> - some resistors
> - a battery holder (4 x AAA)
> - a nice casing
> - diy silicons
> - red, green and blue extra bright leds
> - ferro rocher chocolate plastic pyramid casing
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001FQVAM/002-9133948-1345663?v=glance&n=3370831
>
> *The programmer also needs to be assembled. Picture available at
> I found a nice lamp I want to build. It uses red, green, and blue LEDs
> to cycle through rainbow-ish colors. I've wanted one of these for
> quite a long while, as I enjoy the soft light they give, as well as
> it's appeal to the techno fanboy within.
>
> There are several of these lamps on Thinkgeek. There is the Mathmos
> Softlight (Lamp or pillow shaped light that goes through colors, $49),
> Mathmos Airswitch (pass your hand over it and it turns on!, $85),
> Mathmos Aduki (a bean shaped light that goes through a variety of
> colors $50), and the Mathmos Color Bubble (spherical light that you
> can carry around and squeeze to turn on, $70).
>
> If you take a look at the prices, you will note how outrageous they
> are for the product that you get. While the geekly within me aches for
> such artsy-goods, they also have some drawbacks...
>
> *Most of them are made out of glass
> *The battery ones, such as the aduki, don't go through all the colors
> *The Softlight, while looking quite nice, is both made out of glass
> and has to be plugged in
> *The Color bubble is limited to one color
>
> So, the conclusion of this piece, is that I'll be able to make
> something just as hip for lesser a price, and gain a bit more
> soldering skill and general electronics know-how.
>
> So, here are the parts that I need in order to build it.
>
> - 3 transistors (I don't know what type yet, so I'll hold off)
> - one PIC 16F628 and a programmer*
> - a small perforated circuit board
> - some resistors
> - a battery holder (4 x AAA)
> - a nice casing
> - diy silicons
> - red, green and blue extra bright leds
> - ferro rocher chocolate plastic pyramid casing
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001FQVAM/002-9133948-1345663?v=glance&n=3370831
>
> *The programmer also needs to be assembled. Picture available at
> http://www.circuitsonline.net/circuits/view.php?id=91
>
>     * 1x DB9 connector (RS232)
>     *  1x 15kÙ
>     * 1x 10KÙ
>     * 1x 100uF condensator
>     * 1x BC547B transistor
>     * 1x 5,1V breakdown diode
>     * 1x 18 pin's ic voetje (one of them black H-looking things you
> use to plug the chip into. on old motherboards, etc. Like back in the
> day when you could add memory to your vid card, one of those.
>     * 1x DB9 connector (RS232) (serial port connector cable end)
>
> If you've got any of these laying around at all, I'd be happy for you
> to give them to me for free or for a fee. Name your price; I don't
> feel like running all around town to find stuff. If any of you are
> do-it-yourselfers, you might have some of this around. Have broken
> electronics? You might just happen to have the battery holder. Etc.
>
> Let me know.
> Karl
>
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