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Also known as The Ultimate Machine: Claude E. Shannon built the first one based on an idea by Marvin Minsky.
After seeing a video of such a machine I just had to have one of my own.
The only design I could find uses a PIC microcontroller but I consider this to be overkill (not knowing how to write code for micros may have had some influence on my humble opinion...).
Additionally, the microcontroller version really doesn't shut itself off. It's circuit remains powered even when the switch is in the off position.
Knowing a little bit about servos and basic electronics, I felt sure that I could build the machine using a simple analog circuit.
My main goal however was to have the machine REALLY turn itself off.
The machine in THIS instructable accomplishes that!
After seeing a video of such a machine I just had to have one of my own.
The only design I could find uses a PIC microcontroller but I consider this to be overkill (not knowing how to write code for micros may have had some influence on my humble opinion...).
Additionally, the microcontroller version really doesn't shut itself off. It's circuit remains powered even when the switch is in the off position.
Knowing a little bit about servos and basic electronics, I felt sure that I could build the machine using a simple analog circuit.
My main goal however was to have the machine REALLY turn itself off.
The machine in THIS instructable accomplishes that!
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Thanks!