Post your projects: a lot more licking then you'd think

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quadpus: May 15, 2004; aaag sheets

Fun one-day project: Add inexpensive Chinese touchscreen to an old "All-in-One" computer+LCD to make it a true kiosk machine:

http://picasaweb.google.com/quadpus/NetvistaTouchscreenInstall

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 20:13

quadpus: May 15, 2004; aaag sheets

Broodwich posted:

I did something similar for my sister:

http://a.imageshack.us/img84/4763/boxl.jpg

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# ¿ Aug 18, 2010 20:09

quadpus: May 15, 2004; aaag sheets

Ron Burgundy posted:

I recently bought a Dolby cinema processor (CP55) for my 35mm projector, So I decided to build a remote control for the unit so I can control it... remotely.

The master fader controls the volume in the home theatre, or lounge room or shed (girlfriend approval pending). The monitor fader controls the volume of the speaker in the projection booth, and the channel switch controls the channel that plays through the monitor, centre, left, right, surrounds or all at once. I learnt a lot about soldering, and how to burn the living poo poo out of your hand. It's not the prettiest thing in the world, but I've worked in actual cinemas with a lot worse!

What the ffffffffuuuuuuuuuuu

I know it's solid core and it will probably snap in like 5 minutes, but I needed 14 cores for the umbilical, so cat5 was the most sensible solution. I will probably gut the insides and use a terminal strip to terminate the umbilical, then use multi strand copper for the internal wiring.
It works though. I will be tidying up the wiring, this is just a testing model I suppose. I still have to add a changeover switch to change between the 35mm projector, and probably a 16mm projector I will put on the proj2 input.

I like it, you did better than some of the "engineers" where I work, so hey, nice job.

As you might know already, cat5 (unshielded twisted pair) is great for audio, but technically it needs to be a balanced signal. Assuming your inputs and outputs are all unbalanced and you want to rectify this, you just put a "balun" transformer at each end of the run.
There are lots of expensive baluns and equipment specifically made for cat5 audio, but I think you can DIY with something as cheap and simple as these guys http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103254

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