[wellylug] CDs and CD Audio and Things

Tim Wright tim at mcs.vuw.ac.nz
Tue Mar 9 10:18:23 NZDT 2004


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On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 10:11 am, JP wrote:
>  --- Chris Hodgetts <chris at archnetnz.com> wrote: > Now
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>
> 1. PIC Timer circuit activates motor every x minutes
> and y seconds (length of CD).
> 2. Motor spins momentarily, pushing rotating hand left
> and down, extending spring
> 3. Finger hits play button on CD-ROM
> 4. Motor shuts off after predefined interval
> 5. Spring retracts hand
> 6. Repeat!

You could quite easily build this using phidgets:

http://www.phidgets.com/

Even have Linux support:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/libphidget/

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Tim Wright
Lecturer
School of Mathematical and Computing Sciences
http://www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/people/Tim-Wright
Public Key: http://www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/~tim/key.asc
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