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Title: Larson Scanner
Post by: JoeDirt on December 05, 2015, 12:24:59 AM
I'm posting my latest electronics project here. I just poking forum with a stick.

It's another Arduino UNO project with a bunch of LEDs. It's called a "Larson Scanner"... it's the same tech that makes the Knight Rider scanner on the Kit car and Cylons on Battlestar Galactica. It was a fun project and I thought I would give you guys something to stare at.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6gA1fVrB8A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6gA1fVrB8A)
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: JoeDirt on December 05, 2015, 12:43:53 AM
I sat it on it's side... now it's a 24 LED Bar Chart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg4W2wLZOE8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg4W2wLZOE8)
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: Nick Calne on December 05, 2015, 12:47:48 AM
Ok good. Now make it into a combined rev counter with shift light at the top of the rev range.
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: JoeDirt on December 05, 2015, 12:51:11 AM
Quote from: Nick Calne on December 05, 2015, 12:47:48 AM
Ok good. Now make it into a combined rev counter with shift light at the top of the rev range.

So... you don't want a Knight Rider motorcycle?  :^_^

UPDATE: Random LED flashes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRBI88ng79Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRBI88ng79Q)
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: Sin_Tiger on December 05, 2015, 03:26:40 AM
Now sees if you can make the "Like" button reappear and the trick will be complete  :ImaPoser

Looks like you're having fun and it's a learning tool too, sorry of Mecanno for geeks (don't take that the wrong way  :augie)
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: motoOzarks on December 05, 2015, 03:52:27 AM
I want a knightrider motorcycle

You know the name of knightriders car was Kit

Like kitty kat

Must have been a Tiger at heart
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: JoeDirt on December 05, 2015, 04:10:11 AM
Quote from: motoOzarks on December 05, 2015, 03:52:27 AM
I want a knightrider motorcycle

You know the name of knightriders car was Kit

Like kitty kat

Must have been a Tiger at heart

http://youtu.be/WZcXdVrs8cA (http://youtu.be/WZcXdVrs8cA)

:icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: nickjtc on December 05, 2015, 04:37:42 PM
Joe, thank you for letting us live vicariously through your electronic savvy! I come from the school of "if the fuse does not blow, or nothing starts smoking, then the circuit I've made is probably ok".  :icon_lol:

PS. I just ordered one of those gear indicator thingies and am already dismayed that there are more than two wires to hook up when it gets here.
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: JoeDirt on December 05, 2015, 05:10:18 PM
Quote from: nickjtc on December 05, 2015, 04:37:42 PM
PS. I just ordered one of those gear indicator thingies and am already dismayed that there are more than two wires to hook up when it gets here.

Are you talking about one of these?

Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: nickjtc on December 06, 2015, 04:46:01 AM
Quote from: JoeDirt on December 05, 2015, 05:10:18 PM
Are you talking about one of these?

Yes. I've started another thread.
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: Bixxer Bob on December 06, 2015, 08:28:01 PM
Quote from: JoeDirt on December 05, 2015, 12:51:11 AM
So... you don't want a Knight Rider motorcycle?  :^_^

UPDATE: Random LED flashes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRBI88ng79Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRBI88ng79Q)

http://youtu.be/Nqk_nWAjBus
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: Sin_Tiger on December 06, 2015, 11:03:17 PM
That is just  :ImaPoser
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: Nick Calne on December 07, 2015, 12:11:27 AM
I have something similar. If I put some music on a woman comes out of the kitchen and turns it down.

More I turn it up, the more she turns it down.
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: motoOzarks on December 07, 2015, 12:59:49 AM
If I lived in that box I would want a hammer and just smash the switches.

That guy with the stick was really pushing his buttons.
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: nickjtc on December 07, 2015, 01:50:22 AM
Quote from: Nick Calne on December 07, 2015, 12:11:27 AM
I have something similar. If I put some music on a woman comes out of the kitchen and turns it down.

More I turn it up, the more she turns it down.

:ImaPoser :ImaPoser :ImaPoser
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: Bixxer Bob on December 07, 2015, 02:02:33 PM
Is the Larson kit available Joe or did you have to design it??
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: JoeDirt on December 07, 2015, 06:17:17 PM
Quote from: Bixxer Bob on December 07, 2015, 02:02:33 PM
Is the Larson kit available Joe or did you have to design it??

Homemade with project parts left over from other projects. I followed an already known schematic. I just added more LED's, resistors and shift registers.
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: Sin_Tiger on December 07, 2015, 06:39:55 PM
Quote from: Nick Calne on December 07, 2015, 12:11:27 AM
I have something similar. If I put some music on a woman comes out of the kitchen and turns it down.

More I turn it up, the more she turns it down.

:ImaPoser  :nono  :pottytrain2
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: JayDub on December 07, 2015, 10:50:11 PM
Quote from: Nick Calne on December 07, 2015, 12:11:27 AM
I have something similar. If I put some music on a woman comes out of the kitchen and turns it down.

More I turn it up, the more she turns it down.
:ImaPoser :ImaPoser :ImaPoser..... wheres me like button when I need it!  :ImaPoser
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: KuzzinKenny on December 08, 2015, 01:58:45 AM
Quote from: Sin_Tiger on December 06, 2015, 11:03:17 PM
That is just  :ImaPoser

That reminded me O a cat i once had  :icon_biggrin: it would go in a box and if i went near it, its paw would shoot out and rip yer hand open  :icon_eek: :ImaPoser :ImaPoser

KK

ps i could watch that all day  :icon_redface:
Title: Re: Larson Scanner
Post by: JoeDirt on June 15, 2016, 03:13:37 AM
Quote from: Bixxer Bob on December 06, 2015, 08:28:01 PM
http://youtu.be/Nqk_nWAjBus

You can buy one for $34.99USD:

http://www.makershed.com/products/useless-box-kit (http://www.makershed.com/products/useless-box-kit)
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