#garfield Logs

Jan 22 2013

00:00 useless again
00:02 useless http://www.navytimes.com/news/2013/01/dn-011913-digitial-map-minesweeper-guardian-grounding-mil/
00:14 useless ....
00:29 rue_bed kat
00:30 rue_bed I really liked it when someone would ask a question and we would both answer saying almost the same thing and I could leave the conversation knowing they were in good hands to get the rest of the information from you
01:28 useless but praps now i less likely to be helpful, after all i learned from teh whole marshmellows and akill debacle
12:23 useless ...
19:18 rue_house Lola8088, heya
21:23 zhanx rue you alive?
21:27 Tom_L http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180947008880&ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:US:3160
21:27 Tom_L got that and the one with the 7 seg display
21:28 zhanx bookmarked, blew my budget on the stuff for my prototype today
21:29 Tom_L digikey parts come to ~$10 for it
21:29 Tom_L http://tom-itx.dyndns.org:81/~webpage/misc_stuff/5v_switcher.jpg
21:29 Tom_L same thing just not varable
22:12 zhanx rue your at 5 computers now, that is bad
22:26 rue_shop3 bah, those are just th ones with irc
22:27 rue_shop3 besides, one of them is just a teminal at work
22:27 rue_shop3 iamturnip, can you tell me how many lbs would break you even for computer stuff?
22:28 rue_shop3 iamturnip, I might be able to set up a collection centre for you that would service half the coast
22:42 useless <cough>
22:49 e_shop3 gives kat a
22:49 zhanx how hard is it to buy straight from china? as in an led for a 1000 of them?
22:53 useless contact the oem, or a wholesaler, they'll sell to you aseasily as mouser, if you can arrange financing, and understand if they scam you then you have no recourse
22:53 zhanx true
22:53 zhanx http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?x=0&y=0&lang=en&site=us&KeyWords=492-1179-ND i need like a thousand of them
22:54 useless you know you canget leds on ebay str8 from china, right?
22:54 zhanx yep
22:55 zhanx got time just ordered 19$ for the prototype
22:56 useless An employee-owned company, Bivar�s corporate headquarters are located in Southern California, with manufacturing in California, China and Taiwan. <<== they aren't Chinese, you'll haveto order *that* part fromt he usa office in Calfornia
22:56 zhanx k so will have to call them soon
22:56 useless $2 is a real pricey led
22:57 useless you can get rgb that size in surface mount, and solder it to two vias, will be just as stable as using 4 drilled holes
22:58 zhanx as bright?
22:58 useless i didn't check
22:59 useless http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=RGB+SMD+LED+1000pcs&_sacat=0&_odkw=RGB+SMD+LED&_osacat=0&_from=R40
23:00 zhanx might do that
23:00 useless Luminous Intensity
23:00 useless
23:00 useless Iv
23:00 useless
23:00 useless 4000
23:00 useless
23:00 useless -
23:00 useless
23:00 useless 5000
23:00 useless
23:00 useless mcd
23:00 useless that's *brighter*
23:00 zhanx link to that one?
23:01 useless the very first one on [22:47] <useless> http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=RGB+SMD+LED+1000pcs&_sacat=0&_odkw=RGB+SMD+LED&_osacat=0&_from=R40
23:01 zhanx k
23:01 useless qty 1000 $35 free s&h
23:02 useless i did not even look at the rest of them
23:02 useless but 1000 @ $35 = 3.5 cents each, not $2.20 each
23:02 zhanx true
23:02 zhanx i will have fun making those boards
23:02 useless what ar those boards for?
23:03 zhanx interactive display
23:03 useless o
23:03 eless hands zhanx a 15" mon
23:03 zhanx not quite the same
23:04 useless true, the monitor has more than 1000 pixels
23:04 useless and it's already built
23:04 zhanx yep and smaller
23:04 zhanx true
23:04 zhanx wait till my prototype is done
23:04 useless ok
23:04 zhanx its 10"X10"
23:05 useless what's it show?
23:06 useless 3x3 grid of leds per 1x1 inch space?
23:06 zhanx well 1 per 1x1
23:07 useless 10x10 at 1 per 1x1 != 1000 leds
23:07 zhanx the next one if it works will be larger
23:07 zhanx with a 2x2 grid
23:08 useless how far will it need to be seen from?
23:08 zhanx 2 feet i hope
23:08 useless lol. i hope too
23:08 zhanx hence prototype
23:09 eless simply hasn't enough
23:09 zhanx true
23:09 zhanx but this weekend all parts should be here to start producing data
23:10 eless sits in a corner outside like she isn't worthy to know what's goin
23:10 zhanx its an interactive display with conductive cloth as a control source
23:11 zhanx the cloth will overlay lexon with leds behind it
23:12 zhanx its not like i have all the details finished just enough to prototype a *possible* answer
23:13 useless o
23:13 zhanx in math only its possible
23:13 zhanx and we both know how that works
23:14 eless
23:15 zhanx and yes i still do my math in the head for now, but started making notes now
23:15 eless
23:29 useless Updated: 11:11 PM CST on January 22, 2013
23:29 useless Clear
23:29 useless 26.4 �F
23:30 useless 6 degrees lower than the forecast for midnite, in 45 minutes
23:51 useless no, i said "quilted northern", not "guilded nothren"
23:53 useless no, i said "astonishing", not "ass tarnishing"