Arduino Laser Tag - Duino Tag

Step 3: Modding the light gun

Modding the light gun

The details of the light gun modifications will depend on the light gun.
Here are some general guidelines and ideas:

Useful parts to leave in the:
Switches
Trigger
LED's
Lense


Adding storage space to your light gun: Fitting things in can be difficult, you might also not wish to put your arduino inside the gun. I wanted to be able to easily remove my arduinos from my duino taggers so I could use them in other projects.
On one of my duino taggers (MK1 gun) I cut holes in the case for the arduino nano pins to go through and mounted a socket on the inside of the gun so the arduino plugged on the outside of the gun. On my Mk2 gun I added an external case for the arduino and tried to make it look like an ammunition clip. The case / ammo clip was made from plastic I got from a cheap ring binder folder and its cover is held in place by a strong magnet.

Comments

[roychook]

what lenses did you have to use to make the beam of infrared light more focused and go longer

[Spydamonky]

 what do you do with the wire that comes out of the gun?
how about makeing a belt that that wire conects to witch provides power maby.
or mount evey thing on the belt and put only the detector ect in the gun therfor you can make compact guns.

[Kryptonite]

It goes to a head piece / body piece with sensors. And no it doesn't really spread much.