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Basically it's blinking lights and beeping sound that put you in a state of total relaxation .. or something.
 
Basically it's blinking lights and beeping sound that put you in a state of total relaxation .. or something.
  
Since the µC can do much more than just these two things (and the firmware takes up something like 5% of the memory) I want to add some other features:
 
 
* a button that switches to a different meditation-mode (brain frequency)
 
* moar LEDs! \o/ (maybe a row of LEDs on the front that do a nice KIT-thingy, or some other spacey/trippy blinky-things)
 
* ... (suggestions are welcome :) )
 
  
 
== Bill of Materials ==
 
== Bill of Materials ==
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* some wiring
 
* some wiring
 
* old pair of laboratory glasses
 
* old pair of laboratory glasses
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Since the µC can do much more than just these two things (and the firmware takes up something like 5% of the memory) I want to add some other features:
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* a button that switches to a different meditation-mode (brain frequency)
 +
* moar LEDs! \o/ (maybe a row of LEDs on the front that do a nice KIT-thingy, or some other spacey/trippy blinky-things)
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* ... (suggestions are welcome :) )
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== Pictures ==
 
== Pictures ==
 
 
<gallery  widths=250 heights=250>
 
<gallery  widths=250 heights=250>
 
File:BrainMachinePrototype1.jpg|Prototype all wired up on breadboard
 
File:BrainMachinePrototype1.jpg|Prototype all wired up on breadboard
 
File:BrainMachinePrototype2.jpg|Blinkyblink
 
File:BrainMachinePrototype2.jpg|Blinkyblink
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>

Revision as of 13:42, 18 July 2012

Projects
Participants
Skills Soldering, Basic electronics, Coding
Status Active
Niche Electronics
Purpose Fun

Since I had a (fake) teensy left with no project for it I decided to make a Brain Machine.

Basically it's blinking lights and beeping sound that put you in a state of total relaxation .. or something.


Bill of Materials

  • at90usb162 (fake Teensy 1.0 from $wellknownchinesevendor)
  • 2 LEDs (blinky blink)
  • 2 Resistors (68Ω)
  • 2 capacitors (0.46µF)
  • minijack-plug (ripped from an old dvdrom-drive)
  • logarithmic dual-potmeter (volume control)
  • some wiring
  • old pair of laboratory glasses


Since the µC can do much more than just these two things (and the firmware takes up something like 5% of the memory) I want to add some other features:

  • a button that switches to a different meditation-mode (brain frequency)
  • moar LEDs! \o/ (maybe a row of LEDs on the front that do a nice KIT-thingy, or some other spacey/trippy blinky-things)
  • ... (suggestions are welcome :) )


Pictures