You could bring it by for circuit hacking monday, and open it up. Maybe you<div>can find a way to replace a gear, or something to limit the speed it rotates.</div><div><br></div><div>Circuit hacking monday happens every monday night at around 8 or so.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Gavin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Paul Suliin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:psuliin@gmail.com">psuliin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi all! I have a question and possible project that I'd like to get<br>
some advice on.<br>
<br>
I recently bought a Frolicat Dart robotic laser toy for my cat.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/pets/dcd0/" target="_blank">http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/pets/dcd0/</a><br>
<br>
It's a pretty simple system: a small turntable with a laser mounted on<br>
a pedestal. The turntable's rotates 360, back and forth, holds in<br>
place briefly, etc. I'm guessing it's managed by some simple circuitry<br>
and a microchip (I haven't yet taken it apart to see for sure).<br>
<br>
I'm not entirely happy with the toy as it stands. Even the slowest<br>
rotation speed is too fast for any non-Olympic cat to keep up with. It<br>
seems as though it might be possible to adjust that somehow, slow it<br>
down a bit and make it more usable. However I'm not a hardware person,<br>
so I'm hoping some of the hardware hackers here can help me figure<br>
this out. I can bring the toy by the space so anyone interested in<br>
this can look it over, if desired.<br>
<br>
Any suggestions?<br>
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--<br>
Paul Suliin<br>
Information Research and Technical Writing<br>
<a href="mailto:psuliin@gmail.com">psuliin@gmail.com</a><br>
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