Motorcycle LED Sign: Drivemocion

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   CZroe 9:58 am 12/02 of 2010

   Extending the IR Tranceiver will probably add WAY too much resistance/impedence through attenuation. You are going about this all wrong!

   Create your own control box with your own buttons/switches using a project box and some switches from any old electronics store. Rin the wires out of that and solder them onto the PCB in the control box where the built-in buttons are. Wrap up the wires into a cable and mount.

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   X2YeZCAMCNC 11:10 pm 13/02 of 2010

   Use a three wire shield headphone wire and jack installed into the sign. Put the three wires from the IR receiver to the three wires inside cable or jack. This will extend it out.

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   inagod 6:38 am 15/02 of 2010

   why cant you just hard wire it,wire from the remote to the sign ?forget the RF for now

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   carlsant1 9:32 am 16/02 of 2010

   They always call when your doing stuff… i did a review on my phone a while ago, and a friend rang the phone… my own fault i guess.. but still anoying as hell

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   TheWaspJar 12:54 am 17/02 of 2010

   0:25…it was a good thing you were wearing pants!!

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   AtlasRider 11:59 am 20/02 of 2010

   Nah I broke it :(

   Had it working at one point though. I know what’s wrong, but I don’t know how to fix it :(

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   svengalie 4:49 am 21/02 of 2010

   You done it yet chief?

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   lionreza31 2:50 am 23/02 of 2010

   you could use CAT 5 cable for this
   but I would modify the remote rather than the sensor your talking about a minute amount of current generated from the sensor the remote on the other hand will be putting out a fair bit of power

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   AtlasRider 11:49 am 23/02 of 2010

   No, haven’t fiddled around with it any more. Need to make a trip to the electronics store…

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10. 

    svengalie 11:41 pm 23/02 of 2010

    Any further with this?

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11. 

    WilsonRydeR69 6:34 am 24/02 of 2010

    I’m just trying to figure out where you would actually put it….it’s huge~! Wow that sounded so nasty.

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12. 

    Lpotter86 11:19 am 24/02 of 2010

    Would be cool if you could work all that stuff into a replacement LED tail light.

    Going to town with some silicone might make that water tight.

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    theSMYRNAcowboy 12:46 pm 26/02 of 2010

    I think your on with something here. It would be great to have for assholes driving to close, but it may make you a target. On a Burgman forum, they had T- shirts saying,

    ” You just got passed by a guy/girl on a scooter”

    They should have put cross hairs on the back too for people to get a clean shot.
    Somehow, I don’t think I’ll be getting one any time soon!

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    AtlasRider 6:32 pm 1/03 of 2010

    I forgot about the sunlight sensitivity. That’s a good idea to put it inside the remote. Going to try it out. Thanks!

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    afterthetone 5:18 am 2/03 of 2010

    Best to extend the Transmitter diode into the receiver housing. Remember that diodes are polarity sensitive so connect up the way as it was in the controller. There is usually a ‘flat’ on one side of the Diode to help differentiate. Any old 2 core cable will do – there is practical no current needed. You will need to silicon round all holes and joins in both units if its not waterproof.

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    AtlasRider 2:18 pm 3/03 of 2010

    I think I can get it working, and I think I can make it water proof too. If I do get it working, you can be sure that I’ll have a follow up video…WITHOUT fancy camera work and editing ;)

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    svengalie 2:48 am 6/03 of 2010

    haha there were so many people contacting me asking about this.

    I didn’t find a way of doing it, I did cheat a bit on the video yes…

    But it’s not waterproof anyway, well, not designed to be!

    If you get anything working let me know.

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18. 

    AtlasRider 5:17 pm 8/03 of 2010

    I’m training for a full marathon in Chicago in October. I’ve got a lot of work to do!

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19. 

    ManOfMeans 5:26 am 11/03 of 2010

    Hi Atlas, I’m usually pretty good with electronics, but this one’s got me stumped. I haven’t experimented with IR transmitters/receivers before, so I’m not sure where to start. I hope you get the answers you’re looking for!
    btw, you training for another half marathon again?

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20. 

    AtlasRider 8:52 pm 13/03 of 2010

    Thanks for the heads up. Fixed it.

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21. 

    somdeth33 3:54 pm 15/03 of 2010

    dude the link to svens vieo doesnt work

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22. 

    steelhorseclub 4:45 pm 15/03 of 2010

    good to see you posting again, about time. lol

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