jade_monkey07
03-01-2009, 03:13 AM
So I have 2 spyder fastas. A 9v led(modded for 18v) And a 18v lcd fasta. I bought the 18v lcd one used and the bastard sold it to me broken :mad: but it came with an extra shell. I broke the feedneck on the first fasta so on went the new shell. Shortly after the little flipper thing that senses that balls died on it. so i scavenged that from the 18v. so what i was left with was a motor and a shell.....what to do Hmmmmm what to Do?
I had an idea it was a masterfull idea! all I would need was a mini relay, a glass break sensor from a car alarm, a switch, and a button. Told my boss about my project and he just gave me all the parts i needed. over 100$ value, for nothing!
All a glassbreak sensor is, is a highpitch microphone with a circuit. it has a power wire, ground, and a trigger wire. variable knob. and an led. when i loud enough sound is heard I.E. someone trying to break your window with porcelain or something the sensor activates and grounds out the trigger wire for a split second.
So my idea was to have the trigger wire activate a relay that would turn the motor. in theory this was a great idea, but after wiring it up on a breadboard i discovered that the ground that it emits just isnt enough to activate one of the mini relays i have. so i got to looking at the board on it and how it functioned and i though maybe i dont even need the relay at all! just attach the ground of the motor directly to the trigger! still no luck. so i backtracked on the board to see a huge resistor(value wise) in line with the trigger output. Removed it. and voila i have a new hopper board! After 4 hours of cutting, soldering and fitting. and realising i had the motor wired backwards i finnaly got it all done! I have a power switch that cuts all power to the circuits. and a button that directly runs the motor for when i first load it up with paint. oh and the mic is fully adjustable. i can set it so high that the sound of the motor sets it into a non stop feed...or to the point of a marker firing :p
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So the only real cost would be one of the sensors. i can get them for about 20$ my cost at work. the mini relays are about 50-60. that saves quite a bit on this project. but since i got it all for free i'm quite happy that i now have 2 fully functioning hoppers.
One thing that is left unseen at this point is going to be battery life. the 9v lasts forever.
I had an idea it was a masterfull idea! all I would need was a mini relay, a glass break sensor from a car alarm, a switch, and a button. Told my boss about my project and he just gave me all the parts i needed. over 100$ value, for nothing!
All a glassbreak sensor is, is a highpitch microphone with a circuit. it has a power wire, ground, and a trigger wire. variable knob. and an led. when i loud enough sound is heard I.E. someone trying to break your window with porcelain or something the sensor activates and grounds out the trigger wire for a split second.
So my idea was to have the trigger wire activate a relay that would turn the motor. in theory this was a great idea, but after wiring it up on a breadboard i discovered that the ground that it emits just isnt enough to activate one of the mini relays i have. so i got to looking at the board on it and how it functioned and i though maybe i dont even need the relay at all! just attach the ground of the motor directly to the trigger! still no luck. so i backtracked on the board to see a huge resistor(value wise) in line with the trigger output. Removed it. and voila i have a new hopper board! After 4 hours of cutting, soldering and fitting. and realising i had the motor wired backwards i finnaly got it all done! I have a power switch that cuts all power to the circuits. and a button that directly runs the motor for when i first load it up with paint. oh and the mic is fully adjustable. i can set it so high that the sound of the motor sets it into a non stop feed...or to the point of a marker firing :p
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http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/167/pict0007tnz.jpg (http://img16.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0007tnz.jpg)
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8247/pict0009y.jpg (http://img16.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0009y.jpg)
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3797/pict0011x.jpg (http://img16.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0011x.jpg)
So the only real cost would be one of the sensors. i can get them for about 20$ my cost at work. the mini relays are about 50-60. that saves quite a bit on this project. but since i got it all for free i'm quite happy that i now have 2 fully functioning hoppers.
One thing that is left unseen at this point is going to be battery life. the 9v lasts forever.