Generic 60's Console Ideas

[dalekboy]

So... been slowly buying things for the control console I want to build for the kid's room. So far I have a battery operated fibre optic lamp, and I just picked up a bunch of Christmas lights. Both use LEDs, so no real heat and both can be run from a single AA battery. So far purchases have run to a grand total of $15

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[ariaflame]

That is so cool!

[drew_bowie]

Awesome, any chance of sharing links? :)

[cheshirenoir]

Hey Danny,
As someone planning on building the kids a "Spacecraft" cubbyhouse for NEXT Christmas, I can understand where you are going here.

If you haven't already looked at them, Arduinos are a useful resource for these kind of projects. They are fully programmable "kit" computers starting for as low as $20, and being able to interact with up to 15 input / outputs.
http://arduino.cc
http://littlebirdelectronics.com/products/arduino-pro-328-33v8mhz
The learning curve is really gentle and there is an amazing amount of tutorials out there for these.

Finally I have fallen in with my local "hackerspace" who are proving to be an amazing resource of tools and expertise. I'd assume there is one in Canberra. Might also be worth a look?

(I keep looking at one of the MEGADuinos. 15 Analog inputs, 55 Digital I/O ports including 13 "PWM" motor controller / light dimmer ports. Bwahahaha!)

[cheshirenoir]

OOH! THIS could help you with soundFX:
http://www.toysdownunder.com/arduino/arduino-controller-boards/mp3-player-shield.html
How many samples do you really need? :-)

[murasaki_1966]

Sadly, the only thing my dad built were boats. They were fun when we got tehm on the water.

[tikiwanderer]

This is just awesome. Build the mechanical bits like it's going to be for Christopher Eccleston :-)