Re: TI-H: Hey everyone!


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Re: TI-H: Hey everyone!




Any relation to Steve?  ;)

>Hey everyone, I'm new to this list and to lists in general and I hope I am
>sending this to the right place.
>
>I am working on the TI85 light show thingy and I am adding some awesome
>features to it that the guy who designed it (I forgot who) diddn't think
>of.
>
>1- the circut drives eight LEDs, why can't it drive a 7-segment display?
>(which is 8 LEDs with the dot) In my lightshow there are 8 LEDs and a
>7-segment display selectable with a switch. If you have ever played
>skeeball (or something) at a Chuck E Cheese's you know that a 7-segment
>display can do some pretty cool effects.
>
>2-The tiny blue box that holds all the lightshow circutry also has a 9 pin
>serial port on it, pin one is common and the other 8 pins are + out at led
>voltage so if you wanted to build another box with relays and IR LEDs/IR
>phototransistors or optoisolators and have the calculator control big
>incandecent lights you don't need to build another lightshow thingy, you
>just plug it in.
>
>I havn't finished it yet, tho. I need to find a LM7805 9v to 5v regulator.
>does anyone have any suggestions?
>
>
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