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Strobe Project With CD Player

video Strobe Project With CD Player
If you get the strobe frequency right, you can match it with a spinning CD. But Remember, the CD rpm slows down as it gets farther into the tracks.

Note: the lable on the CD is just "I LOVE YOU" broken into 4 pieces and evenly distributed into 4 quadrants.

This video doesn't do it justice since the frame rate isn't fast enought to keep up with the strobe. It looks much better in person.

I built the strobe using a 555 timer and a pot for freq adjustment.

6 comments
Feb 11, 2009. 9:35 AMlemonie says:
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Feb 11, 2009. 11:21 AMlemonie says:
I might do that. On the CD speed, could you burn a CD with one shot track and get it to auto-repeat? (I don't know) L
Feb 11, 2009. 11:23 AMlemonie says:
Removed by myself. Still I guess I'm part of the community...
(Typo corrected)

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Jan 24, 2009. 12:51 AMcyc4015 says:
that is pretty awesome.
Jan 23, 2009. 9:22 PMmalibar1 says:
really nice

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I would love to find a job where I could play with fabrication tools all day and be creative. Anyone have a suggestion?