Bleep Labs’ Thingamagoop doorbell at skinnyCorp
Simultaneously to our doorbell breaking at skinnyCorp, I discovered the amazingness that is Bleep Labs’ Thingamagoop.
I thought it would be fun to replace our doorbell with a booping beeping crazy synth-robot. I came up with a really simple, quick hack to get the robot connected to a wireless doorbell button that could really be used on any battery operated device. First, we needed some sort of signaler to trigger the robot. I purchased a wireless doorbell for the hearing impaired (any will do, I used the Sonic Alert DB100). The DB100 has a base with a single AC outlet that will turn on and off 5-10 times when the remote button is pressed. Perfect.
Next, we had to convert the robot to work on AC power. I went to Radioshack earlier this week, picked up a 9 Volt battery snap, a 9 Volt AC adapter (any will do) and a 2.1 mm DC female coax jack. I soldered the 9V battery snap to the DC jack, and connected it to the thingamagoop. Then I plugged in the AC adapter to the doorbell base. I just found that Bleep Labs actually sells the pre-made adapter to get the thingamagoop working on AC, so go buy one.
Next time you get a chance to swing by Threadless, make sure you say hello to Boopers the Doorbot. Video coming shortly.
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September 12th, 2008 at 10:08 am
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