They arrived in the branded purple:
All of the components, ready to populate the PCB:
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The custom Printed Circuit Boards arrived (actually a while ago, this is a late post) from Oshpark, the fabbing service I used to print my boards. They arrived in the branded purple: Though not shown in the picture above, there were two other identical circuit boards, as Oshpark only accepts orders in multiples of three. All of the components, ready to populate the PCB: All finished!Annnd... it works! There's always something to be said for when you flick a switch and something comes to life for the first time!
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Hello people of the internet. I will now inform you of a cheap and efficient method of dealing with annoying siblings, neighbors, and pretty much anyone you dislike: a Nerf gun fitted with the capacitors from a disposable camera. (And about the siblings, that was a joke. I heavily discourage you from using this on people unless you know exactly what you're doing. This stuff is dangerous.)
The design for this weapon isn't much more complicated than that; if you look at the picture above you can get a good gist of what's happening. Basically we just opened up one of those Nerf guns with the LED sight and shoved in the board from a disposable camera. We replaced the wires connecting to the LED with longer ones and soldered those to where the battery would normally go, and then taped down the switch that allows current to to flow to the capacitor. This made it so that the capacitors would start charging when the trigger is pulled. After that we connected the capacitor terminals to an evil-looking metal thing we pulled from an electric screwdriver. We put the casing back, tidied things up, and we now have ourselves a Nerf gun taser thing. We had to cut a few things from the case to get everything to fit, but otherwise this build went rather smoothly. The bottom picture, in case you haven't noticed, shows the final device. This is an a easy weapon that anyone with a Nerf gun and a disposable camera can make, but again let me stress that this thing shouldn't be messed with by anyone who doesn't know what they're doing. (If you have no idea what a capacitor is, stop right now.) There you have it, a simple Nerf gun electric weapon. Please electrocute responsibly. ~ Michael |
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