Difference between revisions of "Larson Scanner"
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* [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/larsonkit Announcement article] at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories | * [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/larsonkit Announcement article] at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories | ||
* [http://evilmadscience.com/productsmenu/tinykitlist/152-scanner Kit page] at evilmadscience.com | * [http://evilmadscience.com/productsmenu/tinykitlist/152-scanner Kit page] at evilmadscience.com | ||
| + | * The Larson Scanner is named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_A._Larson Glen A. Larson], who produced the Battlestar Galactica and Knight Rider series, and is responsible for introducing scanning red light effects to the sci-fi TV viewing population of the 1970s and 80s. | ||
Assembly instructions: | Assembly instructions: | ||
* [http://evilmadscience.com/KitInstrux/Larson_150.pdf PDF Version] (3.8 MB PDF) (Trouble Viewing? [[Downloading_PDFs|Please click here.]]) | * [http://evilmadscience.com/KitInstrux/Larson_150.pdf PDF Version] (3.8 MB PDF) (Trouble Viewing? [[Downloading_PDFs|Please click here.]]) | ||
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| − | * An article on linking several Larson Scanners together is [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarsonscanner here] | + | * [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/CylonOLantern An analog version] of the scanning red light circuit, at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories |
| + | * The analog circuit above was refined and [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/CylonOLantern2 published in Make Magazine], the schematic for which is [http://cdn.makezine.com/make/cyclonschematics.pdf here]. | ||
| + | * [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/minipovcylon MiniPOV Cylon] using the Adafruit [http://www.ladyada.net/make/minipov3/ MiniPov]. | ||
| + | * An article on linking several Larson Scanners together is [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarsonscanner here]. | ||
Revision as of 20:53, 30 August 2011
This page is a central site for documentation of the Larson Scanner kit.
Main details about the Larson Scanner kit:
- Announcement article at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
- Kit page at evilmadscience.com
- The Larson Scanner is named after Glen A. Larson, who produced the Battlestar Galactica and Knight Rider series, and is responsible for introducing scanning red light effects to the sci-fi TV viewing population of the 1970s and 80s.
Assembly instructions:
- PDF Version (3.8 MB PDF) (Trouble Viewing? Please click here.)
Open Source Hardware documentation for the Larson Scanner:
- Source code is available at Google Code.
- Electrical schematics are here. (33 kB .pdf file)
- The circuit board design is in gEDA, and you can download the design files here. (74 kB .pcb file)
- For home PCB etching, the PCB layout, showing the individual circuit board layers broken out individually with crop marks, is also available as a .pdf here. (124 kB .pdf file)
More red scanning light projects:
- An analog version of the scanning red light circuit, at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
- The analog circuit above was refined and published in Make Magazine, the schematic for which is here.
- MiniPOV Cylon using the Adafruit MiniPov.
- An article on linking several Larson Scanners together is here.
Places for questions, answers, and sharing experiences:
- Larson Scanner Forum at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
- Evil Mad Science Auxiliary Flickr Group where you can share photos of your Larson Scanners
