cyberpred
Sr Member
I have been looking all over the youtube world and have seen all the really cool ideas for gauntlets there are out there. A while ago I offered to help those of you that were interested how to achieve the Countdown Effect. Not many were really interested. It appears that now there may be.
After fixing the Sound Board my electronic juices are flowing again.
I would like to see who would be interested in making as close as we can a true replica of the Count Down Gauntlet. We would start with the top. We now have the luxury to see how the original worked.
There is a Breathing Circuit. A number of Sequential Circuits.
We will be using CMOS for current saving.
This will be a true tutorial. You will be building your own circuits and understanding how they work. That way if there is a problem you will know how to fix it because you built it.
If interested let me know here and I will start a Tutorial Thread.
As I said we will work on the top which has a Breathing Circuit in the lower left corner. This is either white or yellow. There is also a portion of that circuit used in the targeting display directly above it. The X has one side that breaths while the other is a pulsed on and off.
I will also show you when you lift the lid that the top circuit will turn off and the bottom countdown will turn on. You will also be able to adjust the speed of the sequencing as well as the turn off time of each window, That way you can match your sound effect with the display.
I have seen that people use stamps and pics for their displays. I will not as the effect is not the same. I will be using discrete components. Quad Nand Gates for clocks. Decade Counters for sequencing.
Let me know.
Cary
After fixing the Sound Board my electronic juices are flowing again.
I would like to see who would be interested in making as close as we can a true replica of the Count Down Gauntlet. We would start with the top. We now have the luxury to see how the original worked.
There is a Breathing Circuit. A number of Sequential Circuits.
We will be using CMOS for current saving.
This will be a true tutorial. You will be building your own circuits and understanding how they work. That way if there is a problem you will know how to fix it because you built it.
If interested let me know here and I will start a Tutorial Thread.
As I said we will work on the top which has a Breathing Circuit in the lower left corner. This is either white or yellow. There is also a portion of that circuit used in the targeting display directly above it. The X has one side that breaths while the other is a pulsed on and off.
I will also show you when you lift the lid that the top circuit will turn off and the bottom countdown will turn on. You will also be able to adjust the speed of the sequencing as well as the turn off time of each window, That way you can match your sound effect with the display.
I have seen that people use stamps and pics for their displays. I will not as the effect is not the same. I will be using discrete components. Quad Nand Gates for clocks. Decade Counters for sequencing.
Let me know.
Cary