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I've been busy designing recently and I'm happy to report I've made some serious progress! I've very nearly got the final prototype board fleshed out and a design I reckon ought to work very well for the casing.


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I'll send off for the first set of prototype boards some time next week (still needs some tweaking and double-checking). I need to investigate a few more companies to find someone to make my polycarbonate balls. Just need to get the software up to scratch now. As it stands you'd need to have some special hardware to add new light sequences etc. into them... once I've got my head around a few things, you'll just be able to plug your hyperlights into a USB socket, fire up your software and tell them what you want!

Watch this space

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Very true!



The boards arrived today (exciting stuff ).I spent a few hours this evening soldering away. Unfortunately I've realised I ordered a couple of wrong components so I've just stuck another order in for those. Farnel are pretty quick at delivering so hopefully I'll have them in time for Thursday. Here's a sneaky peak:




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I dare say that when they're ready for public consumption I won't have to make any videos. People will be doing that for me because they're so happy with their toys



To get poi into the mainstream though, something like that could be pretty cool. Could be good publicity for the poi scene in general in fact

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Wooohooo!!!!! Got back from PLAY and started poking around the new hyperlights with my scope, testing a few thoughts I'd had... and I've not only worked out what's wrong, but fixed them too! Yay! That's Version 3 Hyperlights now successfully running of a pair of AAA batteries

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Highly likely... and if anything, I think the new versions may be (slightly) brighter still! I'd double check but the prototypes are in the car and that means three flights of stairs which can wait 'till tomorrow

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lots of spanks!!!

except i think its drop...drop... now instead of plods...its evolving!

im glad i got to see the hyperlights at Play, they are so pretty!

i know im not the first, nor will i be the last to say this..but i wanna play!!!!

Owner of Dragosani's right side.

Could I request a special hyperlight unit please?

I'd like one that can be clipped to a keyring so that I don't have to wander up and down a campsite when Dunc drops the bus keys in the grass at play next year

But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.

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I expect a nice routine, complete with plods, waves, tsunamis... and even spanks


I'll see what we can do!

 Written by: FreyaJ

I think its drop...drop... now instead of plods...its evolving!


Drops? hmm, that doesn't sound right at all... are you sure it's not devolving?!

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Could I request a special hyperlight unit please?


That's certainly possible, although the new lights are so bright you'd be blind long before you got close enough to pick them up. Mind you, you'd be unable to drive then so I guess it solves the problem wither way

 Written by: Mireneye

And you think I will be able to compete with this??


Well you can Try

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DONT DO DRUGS THERE BAD FOR YOU.
SO GIVE THEM ALL TO ME AND I WILL GET RID OF THEM FOR YOU!

3 LEDs (RGB)

3 Transistors (or FETs or something)

Some current limiting resistors

Some capacitors for smoothing

a PIC to control it all



...is what that diagram looks like to me. Sound about right?



[Edit] For the record, I'd say you were progressing at a similar rate rather than catching up I've just about finished some revised (now even closer to the final product!) schematics to get made up[/Edit]

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Oooh! Is that my name at the top of the list?

There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees

*takes the list from Sym and turns it the correct way up*

...sorry dude

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Oh no! actually I'm at the top of the drill chart...

There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees

Getting to the other side

Cheers... things are starting to gather momentum once again:

I got replies from another 8 plastics companies and will send of diagrams to them tonight to get some quotes
I've started work on the website with Sym's help
I had a play with the accelerometer over the weekend (this will hopefully let you do things like triggering colour changes depending on how fast you spin, positions of your spin (at the top or bottom for example) or making things change colour when you do a wrap or a stall)
USB support. I think I have just about all I need to start work on the USB conenction to your PC/MAC/whatever

The USB part is going to be tricky, but I'm feeling confident that I now have all the pieces in place. It's definitely possible to do what I'm planning, just needs me to build the prototype circuit and have a fiddle

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...violin practice is important you know!

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