DocScrutinizer05 | on a unrelated sidenote: in Germany the soap manufacturer "Sagrotan" selling massively subsidized electronic soap dispensers that have a nice ultra-low power IR light barrier, a motor with attached liquid (soap) pump and other small goodies | 21:54 |
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wpwrak | so what kind of critters are you building with that ? sex toys ? :) | 21:55 |
DocScrutinizer05 | http://www.sagrotan.de/produkte-fuer-ihre-familie-koerperpflege-no-touch-seifenspender | 21:56 |
DocScrutinizer05 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8azmSUB584 | 21:59 |
DocScrutinizer05 | awesome feline starring: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAuMbdyJt2I | 22:07 |
DocScrutinizer05 | wpwrak: I actually pondered to exploit the sensor for completely different things | 22:14 |
DocScrutinizer05 | battery powered light barriers anywhere | 22:14 |
DocScrutinizer05 | this thing runs since 6 months from one set of AAA here (even with motor). Giving it a power driver for the IR-LED, a beefy IR LED and a reflector, you could build a sensor/alarm from CR2025, with a 866MHz transmitter, size of a matchbox | 22:16 |
DocScrutinizer05 | I'm also interested in the chip they use | 22:17 |
DocScrutinizer05 | of course you also could feed your hamster with a marginally modified such soap dispenser ;-D | 22:19 |
DocScrutinizer05 | basically I'm just amazed it manages to keep a light based active sensor running for months from battery, while it still has response times of <500ms | 22:20 |
DocScrutinizer05 | and that without ever (usually, at least for me) triggering false positives or false negatives | 22:21 |
DocScrutinizer05 | plus it's basically dirt cheap, since subsidized. which makes it worthwhile to buy one just for fun of disassembling | 22:22 |
DocScrutinizer05 | hell, it even comes "batteries included" ;-) | 22:23 |
DocScrutinizer05 | hmmmm, hotdogs, mustard ;-P | 22:29 |
wpwrak | (hamster) if it likes the taste of soap :) | 22:58 |
DocScrutinizer51 | wpwrak: well, I guess a new device will maybe have even less pleasant taste | 23:34 |
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