Wednesday, August 10, 2011

An Actual Update

I am finally all moved in and got to sit down yesterday and start on this project. I went and got out all of my tools, parts, and breadboard. Then when I went to get my blue led, I realized that I had left them at home (parents' house). I did however have green leds and my resistors. My green leds have the same properties as my blue ones so I was able to build a "prototype". My goal is to stuff the circuit into a bottle cap but this could be kind of hard to do. So here are some pictures.

 These are the two batteries that I plan on using. I do not currently have anything to hold them :/.
 This is the test circuit on a proto/breadboard. It is a 6v supply, 150 ohm resistor, and a bright green led rated at 3.2 volts.
 This is another shot.
This is the Coke bottle I plan on using. The only problem i have with the soda bottle is the fact that its label does not come off so I have to just slap the label on top of it. Also I currently do not own a color printer which poses a problem with printing the label.

This is how far I am as of today. I will not make much progress until after this weekend because I need to go home to get the rest of my parts. Thanks for following.

24 comments:

  1. It'll look cool when finished. Glad you got mostly situated after the move.

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  2. looks like a cool little project, and I was going review Gears of war 3 off the beta that came out then close a couple months ago.

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  3. Going to be amazing! Can't wait to see the results.

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  4. Looks nice but a little confused as to the purpose of it.

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  5. It was just to test the theory because I left the parts i needed at home.

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  6. Its Looking kick ass cant wait to see the end result.

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  7. In Helicanus may you well descry Following!

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  8. man i wish i had this type of knowledge

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  9. great, I'll stick around to see it functioning

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  10. Looks awesome man, hope it works!

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  11. It'll be interesting to see if this works or not.

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  12. why don't you use a beer or a vodka bootle then? there's a lot of clear glass bottles to use!
    that's a very interesting project you have!
    +following and supporting! ;)

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  13. Nice I wanted to make one of these.

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  14. wow, i wish i was creative, i feel like i should way more productive with my time. keep it up!

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  15. Keep me updated! Wanna see the rest!

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