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Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories has teamed up with Because We Can to create two awesome interactive LED coffee tables with hundreds of LEDs in the tops that respond to motion. Because We Can is selling completed tables for $1800 to $2500. EMS Labs is selling the LED tabletop kits (you provide the table and endless hours of soldering) for $350 or $450 (depending on the number of LED panels).
Interactive LED Coffee Tables: Update and kits! - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Sep 26, 2007 08:00 PM
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| Posted by: amp2003 on September 27, 2007 at 7:13 AM |
I've poked around EMS's and BWC's websites a bit, but I can't find any schematics. I'm guessing this isn't an open source project. If someone knows differently, I'd like to find out.
| Posted by: secret-agent-toast on September 27, 2007 at 8:26 AM |
This is Jeffrey from BWC. I bet if you contact Windell directly at EMS he might share them. As far as I know it's not currently open source.
| Posted by: Larry on March 21, 2008 at 2:40 PM |
Are there no smart people that could provide a schematic? Thanks
| Posted by: Scotchfox on March 28, 2008 at 1:58 AM |
Yep... I made one.. Well, only one panel. However! I changed their idea from a "motion" detector, which it really isnt. All it's doing is activating an LED dimming circuit with a phototransistor. Not that hard, seriously. If you want one like the one they have made, you could easily make one yourself, instead of paying $2500 for a bloody table. AND who wants a table that lights up in the light ? Wouldn't a table that lights up in the dark be better ? Which brings me to my schematic. I have made a similar table that pretty much does the same thing, but without the requierment of light. Light or dark, my table works.. well, at least the one panel :P
| Posted by: asteronimo on September 28, 2008 at 7:13 AM |
Scotchfox,
I also tried to build my own panel, but I've found it very difficult to set the threshold for photosensors to respond exactly the same way to levels of light and darkness.
How did you solve this problem?
- Asteronimo
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