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Optical Screwdriver

An optical beatbox for interacting with light-sensitive synths... and maybe other devices?

john-baichtalJohn Baichtal
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This project was created on 03/21/2017 and last updated 8 years ago.

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A PCB wand with batteries and an LED, the flashing of which can be modulated by a trio of potentiometers.

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OpticalScrewdriver_v03.fzz

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  • V0.3 Prototypes Back From OSHPark

    John Baichtal • 07/26/2017 at 22:41 • 1 comment

    They look great! I can't work on soldering them until August due to deadlines. Hmph!!

  • Version 0.3

    John Baichtal • 07/12/2017 at 16:20 • 0 comments

    The PCBs for v0.3 are ready to send to OSH Park--waiting on getting paid!

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Kirschner Christoph wrote 08/03/2017 at 11:47 • point

as a doctor who fan i Luke this very much!! :)

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John Baichtal wrote 08/04/2017 at 15:41 • point

:-)

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Arya wrote 07/15/2017 at 14:23 • point

Hi! Got the Gerber files somewhere?

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John Baichtal wrote 07/15/2017 at 14:33 • point

Just uploaded!

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Arya wrote 07/15/2017 at 17:10 • point

Thank you! =)

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John Baichtal wrote 07/15/2017 at 13:19 • point

I just sent the V0.3 boards to OSH Park. Thanks to Drew for the coupon!

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openInvent wrote 03/31/2017 at 03:57 • point

I want one for optical theremin... check out this starter project tiny.cc/MPMMM consider helping me on the mutranome project

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John Baichtal wrote 07/15/2017 at 13:16 • point

That looks very cool! How is it progressing? (sorry, didn't see your comment until today...)

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