Congratulation to 56Effie and Kevin who were the winners last week.
The prize this week is a bluetooth dongle. If your computer doesn’t have bluetooth built in this dongle will allow you to do some Wiimote hacking.
This contest will run for this weekend only (May 26 – 27, 2007) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in the comments.
Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with “Name the Thing” as the subject consisting of:
* The name of the item in the above picture
* An example of what the item pictured above can be used for
The winners will be chosen at random from all of the correct entries.
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Added May 29, 2007
The device is a 5 volt regulator. This device would be used where you have a high voltage and need a stable 5 volt supply. For example a 7805 could be used to take the 12 volt power available in your car and produce a stable 5 volt power source for a microcontroller. There are of course many other uses for the device.
The winner is Peter D.
(There were 121 entries for this contest)
Thanks to all who entered.
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Below is a picture of the prize.
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I’m pretty sure I’m right, I have used it so many times… 🙂
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I want me some BT!
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Yeah I dont have anything bluetooth either on my PC
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I use this part quite often! 🙂
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Things would certainly be a lot more difficult without a pile of these at hand! 🙂
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Ha ha! I just swaped one of these out last week.
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Come on guys, can we try harder than that, heck all someone would have to do is Google the part number, and they could email you a spec sheet in under 2 minutes of posting, if they worked fast.
Iv’e never even used one personally, but I knew what it was as soon as I saw the numbers on it.
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Wait, i have used one, it’s in my parts bin right now… forgot about it, it came with my little hobby kit.
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@Josh (#8)
yeah but without the numbers it could be a lot of things
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Josh (#8)
You assume that everyone in front of a computer is familiar with small electronics. This contest is a great teaching tool. It makes an individual research and learn what something is used for or how something works. The person doesn’t know it but they are learning. They only thing they are looking the info up to get a prize. If schools could incorporate something similar we would have geniuses walking around.
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its a 7805 ^&*^&*^&*^&*^^%^&%
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The winner has been added to the post.
Thanks to everyone who entered!
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