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I always thought it would be neat to have your own "Spy" Satellite. The fact that we have our own Spy Satellites traveling around the earth just amaz...
First thing you need to do is a find a suitable enclosure. I found mine at Goodwill, great place for project parts hunting. I found this great lamp th...
So you have your enclosure. Now comes the fun part....gutting it. Mine was pretty simple. All I had to do was unscrew everything and it practically fe...
Ok, so remember how I said you gotta keep your mind open and look at things not for what they are and for what they could be? Well, here is a perfect...
For this project audio is straight forward. We will be using a small piezo element. Simply glue to the enclosure, add a connector, and your good to g...
We are going to need some sort of chassis to hold our circuitry and solar panels. I find that by layering perfboards you can make a suitable chassis ...
For my Satellite I am using 4 rechargeable 2000 Nimh batteries (not including a 9V for the camera). To be able to sustain the batteries for a while we...
The Solar Panels need to move to be able to track the sun. Using 4 "L" brackets, a micro servo, and some salvaged gears we can build a suitable track...
The camera portion of this build was the easiest. I purchased a wireless camera on E-Bay for like $30. Simply unscrew the lens, insert the lens throu...
I wanted to be able to update the programming and add auxiliary power during demos. I found that a PS2 mouse extension cable worked perfectly. It has ...
Now for the most difficult part of the build, the brain. Now seeing how this is built using a lot of junk, and spare parts pulled off of old equipmen...
So your probably wondering what the heck is going on. Let me break it down for you. Upon power input the program first checks the voltage input coming...
All there is left to do is put it all together. I was able to seat my chassis directly into the body and use the two holes I drilled for the Solar Pa...
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