Comments for New Bright Idea http://newbrightidea.com peripatetic creativity Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:10:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on The Frustromantic Box, Part 3: Electronics by admin http://newbrightidea.com/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-481 admin Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:10:59 +0000 http://newbrightidea.com/?p=56#comment-481 Cool! Any pics to share? Cool! Any pics to share?

]]> Comment on The Frustromantic Box, Part 3: Electronics by input http://newbrightidea.com/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-470 input Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:23:28 +0000 http://newbrightidea.com/?p=56#comment-470 I had similar problems with the power especially while driving the servo. I ended up using the polulu SV and used 5 tagged lithium AA cells to provide sufficient power. I used a serial LCD because I had one spare but ran into problems with interrupts while using software serial and software servo. I would get some servo twitch while writing to the LCD. I used one servo (centre neutral) to open two separate lids over three gps locations. (the First and last) For a backdoor key I used external power along with a two way voltage divider read by an analogue pin to provide unlock or full reset options. I had similar problems with the power especially while driving the servo. I ended up using the polulu SV and used 5 tagged lithium AA cells to provide sufficient power.
I used a serial LCD because I had one spare but ran into problems with interrupts while using software serial and software servo. I would get some servo twitch while writing to the LCD.
I used one servo (centre neutral) to open two separate lids over three gps locations. (the First and last)
For a backdoor key I used external power along with a two way voltage divider read by an analogue pin to provide unlock or full reset options.

]]> Comment on The Frustromantic Box, Part 1: Intro by admin http://newbrightidea.com/?p=15&cpage=1#comment-396 admin Tue, 25 May 2010 19:08:22 +0000 http://newbrightidea.com/?p=15#comment-396 Congratulations! Glad to hear everything worked out for you. Congratulations! Glad to hear everything worked out for you.

]]> Comment on The Frustromantic Box, Part 1: Intro by Darren http://newbrightidea.com/?p=15&cpage=1#comment-389 Darren Tue, 25 May 2010 03:17:07 +0000 http://newbrightidea.com/?p=15#comment-389 Thank you so much for sharing. Between your details and Mikal Hart's I was able to put together a similar box which I titled the "Proposal Box". Of course I used it to propose to my now soon to be wife. It could not have turned out any better! I'm already thinking about doing this with yet another adventure. Thanks again for sharing your hard work. Thank you so much for sharing. Between your details and Mikal Hart’s I was able to put together a similar box which I titled the “Proposal Box”. Of course I used it to propose to my now soon to be wife. It could not have turned out any better! I’m already thinking about doing this with yet another adventure. Thanks again for sharing your hard work.

]]> Comment on The Frustromantic Box, Part 4: Software by splargle http://newbrightidea.com/?p=63&cpage=1#comment-341 splargle Tue, 11 May 2010 19:35:16 +0000 http://newbrightidea.com/?p=63#comment-341 Just a thought, it could be fun to implement the frustromantic box as a mobile web application using the Geolocation API's supported by several browsers now, including iPhone and ones available for android. It would be kind of a neat idea to post a message or image online that someone can only view when they've visited a certain location. Just a thought, it could be fun to implement the frustromantic box as a mobile web application using the Geolocation API’s supported by several browsers now, including iPhone and ones available for android.

It would be kind of a neat idea to post a message or image online that someone can only view when they’ve visited a certain location.

]]> Comment on The Frustromantic Box, Part 3: Electronics by admin http://newbrightidea.com/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-216 admin Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:35:10 +0000 http://newbrightidea.com/?p=56#comment-216 Hi! Yes, the GPS module is pretty exposed... I think it would probably work OK even if it were inside the box, but I haven't tested that. And yes, the power is definitely a problem. If I did it again I would definitely upgrade to the Polulu PushButton Power Switch SV instead of the LV, and then power it from a 9V battery. Hi!

Yes, the GPS module is pretty exposed… I think it would probably work OK even if it were inside the box, but I haven’t tested that.

And yes, the power is definitely a problem. If I did it again I would definitely upgrade to the Polulu PushButton Power Switch SV instead of the LV, and then power it from a 9V battery.

]]> Comment on The Frustromantic Box, Part 3: Electronics by diamantmatch http://newbrightidea.com/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-215 diamantmatch Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:51:50 +0000 http://newbrightidea.com/?p=56#comment-215 hello i would also like to build a reverse geocache box but i am still with a few problems or well .. isnt the gps module verry exposed? why dont you try putting a tiny square of plexi on it? i guess that will not block the signal that mutch isnt your arduino unstable? as since the arduino gets less than 7v it will be unstable and the 5v rail will be less than 5 v (according to arduino.cc ) thank you diamantmatch hello
i would also like to build a reverse geocache box but i am still with a few problems or well ..

isnt the gps module verry exposed? why dont you try putting a tiny square of plexi on it? i guess that will not block the signal that mutch

isnt your arduino unstable?
as since the arduino gets less than 7v it will be unstable and the 5v rail will be less than 5 v
(according to arduino.cc )

thank you diamantmatch

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]]> Comment on The Frustromantic Box, Part 1: Intro by Geocaching Podcast > A Weekly Call-In Geocaching Show > Looking back at Cachercon 2010 http://newbrightidea.com/?p=15&cpage=1#comment-66 Geocaching Podcast > A Weekly Call-In Geocaching Show > Looking back at Cachercon 2010 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:37:28 +0000 http://newbrightidea.com/?p=15#comment-66 [...] We are recording and it is going great we talked with Sascha of tb-rescue.com. we talked about the The Frustromantic Box and how much fun it would be to make it. Then we brought up the hot topic of the cache that was [...] [...] We are recording and it is going great we talked with Sascha of tb-rescue.com. we talked about the The Frustromantic Box and how much fun it would be to make it. Then we brought up the hot topic of the cache that was [...]

]]> Comment on The Frustromantic Box, Part 3: Electronics by admin http://newbrightidea.com/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-45 admin Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:50:40 +0000 http://newbrightidea.com/?p=56#comment-45 Whoops, you're absolutely right. I'll update the diagram. Whoops, you’re absolutely right. I’ll update the diagram.

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