[Noisebridge-discuss] Possible free motion sensor boards

[Michael Shiloh]

do we have any idea how many, say, $50 would buy?

Praveen Sinha wrote:
> Yo!
> 
> Actually I'll kick down like $50 for myself and other people to play with...
> 
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com> wrote:
>> OK the guy wrote back and it looks likely that we can have some.  How
>> many? 900 is an awful lot...
>>
>> Mitch: 200?
>> Daniela: how many would you use?
>> Michael: how many for you?
>>
>> anyone else have ideas?
>>
>> I'd like to get back to him later tonight, or tomorrow at the latest,
>> since I took so long the first time around, and ideally I have a number
>> to ask about.
>>
>> Reasons why we should ask for all of them are also acceptable!
>>
>> Rachel
>>
>> Mitch Altman wrote:
>>> Hey Rachel,
>>>
>>>
>>> Total score!  I can use lots of these!  I'd love to use them for a
>>> project for the walls of Noisebridge.  It will involve lots of RGB
>>> LEDs!  Can we have at least several hundred?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mitch.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------
>>>
>>>> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:46:42 -0800
>>>> From: rachel at xtreme.com <mailto:rachel at xtreme.com>
>>>> To: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>>> <mailto:noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>
>>>
>>>> Subject: [Noisebridge-discuss] Possible free motion sensor boards
>>>> My coworker forwarded me this:
>>>> ----
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=320339893525
>>> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=320339893525>
>>>
>>>> i know the seller and he is willing (due to poor response on ebay) to
>>>> donate to non-profit or sell on the cheap to a good cause.
>>>> could anyone put these to use?
>>>> ----
>>>> I took a look at the auction (and indeed there are no bids) and the
>>>> pieces look very interesting. From the auction:
>>>> "Up for bid are 900+ PIR sensor circuit boards (photos 1, 2, & 3). These
>>>> new boards were planned for use in a hands free mobile phone device
>>>> (photo 4). The PIR op-amp circuit is designed to sense a "hand wave"
>>>> and the circuit boards also include a sound amplifier as well as
>>>> additional circuitry (I'm no expert so please see circuit diagrams for
>>>> information - Photos 9, 10, 11 & 12). I believe the circuit also
>>>> contains a once-programmable controller chip."
>>>> I'm inclined to reply saying, please donate some of these to
>>>> Noisebridge. My question is, how many? 900 is too many (although they
>>>> are smaller than shelves). Does anyone have a project idea for lots?
>>>> I'd think that for general hacking, 100 would last us Forever.
>>>> Rachel
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