[dorkbotsea-blabber] human-sensing disco floor, vintage 1999, FREE to a good home!

[Lance Kett]

if you still have this, i'm interested!

Lance
425-408-2323

On Dec 15, 2007 1:59 PM, Michael Clarke <mike at clarkeconsulting.com> wrote:
> Sitting in my garage is a touch-sensitive disco floor, an old piece that
> I've been schlepping around for several years (actually, since the
> previous millenium) and have now been ordered to get rid of due to its
> large size.  It's about 4' x 4' x 6" deep, a wooden grid frame underneath
> sixteen 1' x 1' lexan tiles with different color theatre gels and tracing
> paper diffusers attached to the bottom side, so that each tile lights up
> uniformly in one of several different basic colors.  The light source is
> an MR16 12V halogen bulb underneath each square; each tile also has an
> Interlink FSR that acts as a detect switch (with no detent) when a person
> steps on the tile.  All the lights and sensors are wired out to a single
> ribbon cable that can be plugged into a control board.  The control board
> has long-since been salvaged for other things, but it would not be hard to
> create one -- just need a MCU, a lot of I/Os, some power FETs, and a hefty
> 12V supply, and it should be back in business.  A few parts have been
> salvaged from the floor (mainly about 3 of the lexan tiles) but otherwise
> it's in pretty good shape.
>
> There's a photo of it here:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/mike.clarke/ForSaleOrGiveaway/photo#5144319269468876418
>
> The sole catch is that you have to find your own means of picking it up
> and carting it away -- it won't fit in any kind of transportation that I
> have available.  Best days to get it are weekends, Wednesdays or Fridays.
> Drop me a line if you're seriously interested.
>
> -Mike
>
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