October 11, 2006

Wiper Motor Hangman

Alan Parekh October 11, 2006 1

If you have a tree in your front yard and some time to kill before Halloween this Hangman project that would be worth some consideration. Merlin used a Singing Santa board to control the unit however a small microcontroller or a 555 timer and a handful of components should do the trick. “Wires were soldered to the relay to power the wiper motor that will run the hangman. The

Complex Hacks

Russian VFD Clock

Alan Parekh October 11, 2006 3

This display looks very nice, if you are interested in building one (and can find the Russian VFD) the device pinout and code for the controller is available on JKX@Home. Project part 1. Project part 2. “After my nixie clock, I decided to build a new one based on a old VFD vacuum tube. In fact, the brother of a friend (which live in Ukrainia) give me a bag