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Frosty Beverage Timer - no more warm or frozen beers!

Frosty Beverage Timer - no more warm or frozen beers!
The Frosty Beverage Timer by Gadget Gangster is a timer to let you know when your drink is cooled.

Buy the kit! http://gadgetgangster.com/154

No more warm cans or exploded bottles, just tell your Frosty Beverage Timer how cold you like your brew and put it in the freezer. Like an angel's song, it tells you when your beverage is ready for maximum enjoyment.

See the video:
http://www.vimeo.com/5002358

How does it turn your warm beer into chilled perfection? A quick calibration by putting the Frosty Beverage Timer in your freezer lets the onboard digital thermometer measure your freezer's temperature with 12 bits of precision. When you're ready to chill your beer, it makes a second measurement of the room temperature. By knowing the temperature difference & what type of bottle or can you're using, it knows exactly when your Frosty Beverage will be ready.

Heavy drinker? With support of cans up to 440ml and bottles up to 750ml (1/5 Gallon), you're covered. Metric system make you mad? Don't worry, the Frosty Beverage Timer supports Celsius and Fahrenheit. Can't afford a freezer? Just let the Frosty Beverage Timer know and it will automatically compensate. Deaf or blind, everyone deserves a cool brew, so the Frosty Beverage Timer alerts you with it's rendition of '99 bottles of beer on the wall' as well as a message on the 8x2 LCD.

Magic has a new name: The Frosty Beverage Timer.

Parts list:
http://gadgetgangster.com/scripts/bom.php?projectnum=154
 
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Step 1Step 1 - the voltage regulator

Step 1 - the voltage regulator
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You'll first need to get the BOSS Board, and the voltage regulator. He's the square black one with three legs.

Bend the legs over at 90 degrees using pliers, and put it into the board in the location marked [Pc]. Flip the board over, solder the legs, and trim the legs. If you want to aid heat dissipation, you can add a small amount of solder to the tab of the chip and board.
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4 comments
Jun 12, 2009. 5:44 AMtwocvbloke says:
The buttons seem a bit odd, pressing both to select. I'd add a third button that operates the two buttons together, making it the "select" switch for those with clumsy fingers... :)
Jun 11, 2009. 1:23 PMmikeasaurus says:
step 25:

add a magnet and stick it to your fridge.

(also, no picture of finished product?)

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