[Noisebridge-discuss] Possible free motion sensor boards

[Rachel McConnell]

No; I think we may even get them as a donation.  Not sure yet, I'll pass
on more info as I find out more.

R

Michael Shiloh wrote:
> 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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