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« on: July 06, 2008, 11:06:55 AM » |
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Hey.
How about having a single, huge, thread where we all post our pictures of the IR pens we have. This is going to be a big 56k WARNING. It'll probably help some people to get some insparation. So, yeah. Go ahead, post your best pictures.
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« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2008, 04:40:47 AM » |
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« Last Edit: July 07, 2008, 04:42:22 AM by sammydadams »
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« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2008, 06:55:09 AM » |
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 Here is mine - more pictures here: http://www.undcon.com/mods/irpen/ |
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« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2008, 06:24:15 AM » |
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LED $1.99, Pen Lite $1.99, Duct tape $???
Pen Lite contains 2 AAA batteries. LED soldered to the front of the first battery and the second is flipped backwards taking it out of the circuit. This reduces the second battery to the status of spacer/spare but it
reduces the voltage to 1.5v taking away the need for a resistor. Shortening the pen barrel is also necessary to get it all to work.
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« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2008, 01:00:30 PM » |
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here is mine     parts: old empty textmarker ir led 1€ springs from two ballpens some wire and hot glue button out of an old pc mouse so thet thing costs 1€ thex |
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« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2008, 08:41:37 PM » |
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Side-Mounted LED pens:
Pixel & Presentation Pens
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« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2008, 05:08:06 PM » |
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I have several variations based on an easy to mod USB rechargeable LED pen:
1. IR LED inside and IR outside top mounted
2. IR outside side mounted
3. IR tip
4. All 4 of them
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« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2008, 02:21:04 PM » |
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2008, 11:47:17 AM » |
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« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2008, 03:26:12 PM » |
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Really Nice Ben! your students seems hooked |
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« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2008, 02:57:46 AM » |
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Here is my pen.   I just used an ordinary white board pen. |
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« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2008, 07:59:45 AM » |
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Wiimote FriendsMy Pens: This is my latest and greatest pen. I made two identical IR-Pens together, they work fantastically! Plus they look awesome and the recharger was a really cool idea. I prefer the thinner one, mostly because the shrink wrap gives it a nice feel. I wanted to try a fatter body as always used the thinner ones, I find the thinner pens feel more ergonomic with the switch added.  The parts list is in the youtube description. Benpaddlejones  Wow! This must be the coolest custom made IR pen in the world. Wished I had one too.  Currently I am using a very unreliable IR pen. My switch is constantly causing the IR source to blink. I have to press it at a weird angle to get the switch to turn on.  Will create a better one, once I have completed the application. Once again, great work! P/S: Maybe you can start making and selling IR pens. |
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« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2008, 03:56:25 AM » |
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Currently I am using a very unreliable IR pen. My switch is constantly causing the IR source to blink. I have to press it at a weird angle to get the switch to turn on. Will create a better one, once I have completed the application. No intention to start wholesaling pens (too many other big ideas)! Not sure about fellow users but I find it unacceptable that the man that is putting in a huge amount of time to do some really cool work on the Wiimote Smoothboard doesn't have a good IR-Pen. I just bought the parts, so PM me your postal address, and I will assemble this Low Brow tech item this weekend and post on Monday! Benpaddlejones |
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« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2008, 06:32:11 AM » |
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Ben,
Couldn't agree more, Boonjin is doing amazing things and need a decent pen, i'll be testing out the new release in the classroom tomorrow, the school i'm at has just currently ordered 100 Vishay TSAL6400 LEDs and plan on putting together a heap of pens with the gifted and talented students.
I have one question, you use a rechargeable AAA, and as far as i'm aware, you were using the above diode which has a forward voltage of 2.6 and a AAA only has 1.5V. how much does it affect pen performance or have you changed diodes?
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