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Title: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: ZeTeX on April 26, 2016, 05:18:39 pm
One day I will make my own, but in the meanwhile, you can share here some electronic art like this:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vUNYfRFQDbE/UPwj8GVZH0I/AAAAAAAACFE/z5WxkCm4h-Y/s1600/bbq.png)
Have fun  :)
Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: Mark on April 26, 2016, 05:54:50 pm
That is awesome, I'm going to make one of those!  :D 
Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: klr5205 on April 26, 2016, 07:50:23 pm
I made one a while back:

(http://i.imgur.com/zjj7Ixc.jpg)

The CPU is an AMD Phenom II X4 945 from a previous home pc build.

(Edit: Sorry for the image size)
Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: rrinker on April 26, 2016, 08:02:30 pm
Do it right and his head could light up   :-DD :-DD
Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: klr5205 on April 26, 2016, 08:17:52 pm
That actually occurred to me as I went ... I hid a black power resistor on his back, you can see one of the leads hidden behind the right-hand leg diode as you look at your screen.  (Actually I shouldn't have said that, because in the pic you wouldn't think it could work, judging by the orientation of the diodes  ::) )

It was meant to get power through its feet, with current flowing into the resistor shunting around the left leg, and returning through the right), however what I didn't account for was the fact that I apparently got one or both of the power rails when I soldered the feet down, so the legs are actually shorted together! I was just killing time on a Sunday so I didn't bother fixing it - its just a decoration after all - but now the only way to light him up is to power him through his arm as though he's being shocked!

(http://i.imgur.com/z48zBfs.jpg)
Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: ajb on April 26, 2016, 08:24:05 pm
My wife's handiwork.  I think I might have another at home as well.

(https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/show-off-some-electronic-art/?action=dlattach;attach=220227)
(https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/show-off-some-electronic-art/?action=dlattach;attach=220225)
Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: alanb on April 26, 2016, 08:32:54 pm
Have a look at Mike'e Electricstuff

http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/electrofun.html (http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/electrofun.html)
Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: MrSlack on April 26, 2016, 09:16:53 pm
Another classic. Not mine:

(http://i.imgur.com/13Qd6iz.jpg)
Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: botcrusher on April 26, 2016, 09:34:07 pm
9V are evil...
This is well known.
Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: lowimpedance on April 27, 2016, 12:55:09 am
My wife's handiwork.  I think I might have another at home as well.

(https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/show-off-some-electronic-art/?action=dlattach;attach=220227)
(https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/show-off-some-electronic-art/?action=dlattach;attach=220225)
And you were wondering "where did I put that TO126 Transistor?"  :D.

BTW I like it, and the others too. Good imagination and a little spare time for some fun. :)
Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: Carl_Smith on April 27, 2016, 02:39:42 am
Not mine, but a recent favorite find.  High Voltage EPROM Man.

https://youtu.be/0TU8dggs96s
Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: ZeTeX on April 27, 2016, 10:38:43 am
Not mine, but a recent favorite find.  High Voltage EPROM Man.

https://youtu.be/0TU8dggs96s
This is awesome!!
How did he got the HV inside the EPROM? just finding the right pins?
Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: SeanB on April 27, 2016, 12:00:30 pm
He is applying it to power and a non ground pin, so it will arc over inside pretty well.
Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: bktemp on April 27, 2016, 12:16:18 pm
It looks like he burnt the bond wires, otherwise they would short the high voltage. Now the high voltage is arcing from the pins to the chip.
Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: Stonent on April 27, 2016, 01:20:17 pm
Wow, a CDIP dated 1997.
Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: rrinker on April 27, 2016, 01:34:39 pm
 I don't think that's what they mean by burning an EPROM.....
Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: SeanB on April 27, 2016, 02:28:23 pm
Thought I would show this, which I made when I was in training. Had another project, along with a power supply, but that sadly was stolen at some point.

(https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/show-off-some-electronic-art/?action=dlattach;attach=220484;image)

Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: Carl_Smith on April 28, 2016, 12:17:34 am
This is awesome!!
How did he got the HV inside the EPROM? just finding the right pins?

I think it basically finds it's own way.  :)  As long as you are on opposite sides of the chip -- same side and it might arc across the edge of one side of the window.

Wow, a CDIP dated 1997.

I was going to post that DigiKey has 27C512 UV EPROMS in windowed ceramic package, but now I see that they are all listed as "non stock."  I wonder if any are still being manufactured.

I don't think that's what they mean by burning an EPROM.....

Now you are giving me ideas.  :)
Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: rrinker on April 28, 2016, 01:49:15 am
 Hmm, I have one or two of some sort of windowed EPROM sitting around - no idea where I even got them or what sort of code might be on them, I should see if they are still readable before sacrificing them to high voltage arcs. Given that I've always kept them with an 8085 CPU and some support chips, if I had to guess it has the code to run whatever I pulled it all from - I think it was some sort of home brewed interface to a Teletype.



Title: Re: Show off some electronic art.
Post by: Carl_Smith on April 30, 2016, 09:32:26 pm
Didn't think to post this before.  A couple years ago I made this little cube out of some worthless 28 pin PLCC chips.  I soldered 4 together in a square, made 6 squares, and built a cube.  Because I put the bottom of the chips out I couldn't solder the edges of the cube together, so they are actually glued to a cube of wood inside that I painted black first so it would show through any cracks.