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Got this one courtesy of mrh over at NNETG:It was bound to happen, sooner or later...
http://cf14industries.googlepages.com/vacumetubejumpdrive
Take one cheap thumb drive, and a dud tube, and presto! a "steampunk" thumb drive.
The perfect project for filling in some of those long cold winter days ;-)/ed B in NC
real radios glow in the dark
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He could have at least cleaned the inside of the glass.
Tre'
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That's different. If the Filiment would light it would be really cool.
Led?
Mitch
The "milky" look is from the RTV (silicon goop) with which he filled the tube, in order to make the unit less fragile. If I were to attempt such a creation, I'd use a defunct EL84 or similar 9 pinner.
I suppose that it is a far better technique than the "cleaning" method inflicted on those unfortunate formerly NOS 7591s, earlier in the year, listed on Craig's List...
It would be a simple matter to insert a blue (or other color LED, and a resistor, and connect it actoss the 5V (pins 1 and 4) on the exposed board. BTW, some thumb drives have an "activity LED" already mounted on the PC board. The RTV goopie would diffues the LED's light for an interesting optical effect.
/ed B
real radios glow in the dark
I imagine you could hook up some sort of LED to the voltage from the USB.
John
be hard to keep the vacuum when you put the drive in, though...
Thanks for the morning chuckle!
Remember, YOU are the only one who needs to be happy with the sound of your system
Grainger Morrison
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