There’s a soft spot in our hearts for pointless projects, as long as they’re well executed. [Bertho] really hit the mark with his take on the most useless machine. We’ve seen several renditions of this concept, most of them hinging on a box that will turn a mechanical switch off whenever you turn it on. But this take uses a push button to activate a switch flipping mechanism on another part of the machine.
You can see the drive gears in the image above. The final gear has a small bar which flips a switch to one side or the other. The circuit does this without the need of a microcontroller. A 7400 series NAND gate chip, some passive components, and two mechanical relays are all it takes. At each push of the button, the logic chip trips one of the relays to trigger the appropriate motor direction based on the current state of that switch. You can press the button during movement, but all that will do is delay the inevitable flip of the switch.
Filed under: misc hacks
Posted on Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:55:34 +0000 at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hackaday/LgoM/~3/jIx-UURLDFM/
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You can see the drive gears in the image above. The final gear has a small bar which flips a switch to one side or the other. The circuit does this without the need of a microcontroller. A 7400 series NAND gate chip, some passive components, and two mechanical relays are all it takes. At each push of the button, the logic chip trips one of the relays to trigger the appropriate motor direction based on the current state of that switch. You can press the button during movement, but all that will do is delay the inevitable flip of the switch.
Filed under: misc hacks
Posted on Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:55:34 +0000 at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hackaday/LgoM/~3/jIx-UURLDFM/
Comments: http://hackaday.com/2011/08/07/most-useless-machine-upgrade-now-with-a-button/#comments
