This time, i will talk about and post pictures related to a project i had in my downtime over Christmas. I needed something completely different from photography in that busy season to get home and occupy my mind enough to rest it a bit.
Heres a photo of what i did... See if you can guess what the spin is.
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Answers! and a ton of photos after the break! Read on!
The answer? Theres a little USB Cable sticking out that typewriter! Yes there is! Why... who knows, but i put it there.. and it works : D
So i ordered a kit for a USB Typewriter conversion from UsbTyepwriter.com! A few weeks later, came some PCB boards and all the little electrical components i needed... just had to assemble everything... after failing horribly at the soldering part.. sorry tiny parts i am not anywhere near delicate enough to handle you. Help arrives, in the form of my father. And he quickly solders everything up nice and tidy... quickly being subjective, took a few days due to the nature of the typewriter and having to make the trip back and forth to my place.
Once the PCBs were assembled, i handled the mechanical knick-knacks, installation, and running the wires throughout the typewriter.
Enough chat, Photographs!
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Quite a workout.
The finished product and a horrible video of it in-action.
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That tiny little hole on the side? Calibration hole. Insert tooth pick during connection to run the calibration mode and set the keys to the desired input. "Strike A: ...." Type thing... Works great!
Oh, and of course, the typewriter still fits perfectly back in the original carry case i bought it with. USB cable just wraps neatly on the inside. Which makes it that much more puzzling to anyone opening it...
"Ohh a typewriter... why is.. no.. that doesnt work! you glued it on! ...."
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p.p.s: just in case theres any confusion, i did not make the usb conversion kit, all the electrical parts, were ordered and per-programmed.
Hahaha, I had that same model when I was a kid! Picked one up at a yard sale for $10 just for lols when I was 8. Great job an awesome pics ^.^
ReplyDeleteElle marche! Et fait sa job super bien en deux façons différentes: tap tap tap et par USB!Super cool, merci.
ReplyDeleteI like the pics of the typewriter skeleton with all the wires coming out of it.
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