So we pulled apart the disposable cameras yesterday in search of harvestable pieces and succeeded mostly only in getting a few electric shocks, one of which had floored and caught between laughing and crying for a few minutes. Not doing that again but a valuable lesson was learnt.
Upon researching a bit, I found someone else who using the same sort of piece from a disposible camera and trying to figure out how to attach a switch to it. Ryan was actually wanting to at some point create a ring flash for a camera out of the pieces and similarily also found someone wanting to make a strobe flash. James had some ideas as well but also explained to me how it was possible to soldier wires onto the circuit board to use the flash charge button as a switch which could actually be a useful switch to attach to the bottom of a tap shoe as almost a pressure sensor. I am finding it interesting how circuit boards can be so easily manipulated from their original function, especially as circuits are not really something I have much experience with but am enjoying getting my head around.
In the end decided it would be too difficult to attach at circuit to the bottom of the tap shoe and tricky to maneouver so as to trigger it. Also ran out to buy some switches from Jaycar (which I got on trade discount - good to have contacts) but probably won't end up using them now as I am afraid to crushing them in attempting to put enough pressure on them to trigger them. Plan now is instead to simulate the same sort of switch on a larger scale using the metal plates of the tap shoes wired up as one half of the switch and wiring up a metal surface on which to dance to complete the circuit and trigger the keys. I'm thinking, oven trays.
In terms of animation, am thinking 'Dancing Dead' so follows a sneak preview...
Upon researching a bit, I found someone else who using the same sort of piece from a disposible camera and trying to figure out how to attach a switch to it. Ryan was actually wanting to at some point create a ring flash for a camera out of the pieces and similarily also found someone wanting to make a strobe flash. James had some ideas as well but also explained to me how it was possible to soldier wires onto the circuit board to use the flash charge button as a switch which could actually be a useful switch to attach to the bottom of a tap shoe as almost a pressure sensor. I am finding it interesting how circuit boards can be so easily manipulated from their original function, especially as circuits are not really something I have much experience with but am enjoying getting my head around.
In the end decided it would be too difficult to attach at circuit to the bottom of the tap shoe and tricky to maneouver so as to trigger it. Also ran out to buy some switches from Jaycar (which I got on trade discount - good to have contacts) but probably won't end up using them now as I am afraid to crushing them in attempting to put enough pressure on them to trigger them. Plan now is instead to simulate the same sort of switch on a larger scale using the metal plates of the tap shoes wired up as one half of the switch and wiring up a metal surface on which to dance to complete the circuit and trigger the keys. I'm thinking, oven trays.
In terms of animation, am thinking 'Dancing Dead' so follows a sneak preview...
From here on in, plan is to buy oven trays, start my programming, and link up my circuit board with my plan for wiring up said oven trays and tap shoes.
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