January 2004
Intermediate to advanced
348 pages
13h 33m
English
Content preview from Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks
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Chapter 8, How to Hack a Building-Size Display
Exhibit A: Small-Scale Bill of Materials
Item Quantity Notes
Wire 200m CAT5 wire used to connect LED Buffer board to LEDs on
frame
Chicken wire 180 square feet Hardware store
74ABT244 18 U1-U18; DigiKey Part #296-3967-5-ND
Resistor 144 R1 through R24 x 6; DigiKey Part #150QBK-ND
LED 144 D1 through D24; DigiKey Part #67-1612-ND
74HC4094 (4094) 18 U19-U35; DigiKey Part #296-14290-5-ND
20-pin IC socket 18 U1-U18; DigiKey Part #AE8920--ND
16-pin IC socket 18 U19-U35; DigiKey Part #AE8916-ND
1uF capacitors 6 C1-C6; DigiKey Part #P992-ND
4-pin AT power supply
connector
2 J8, J11; Hard drive power splitter cable available from local
computer store
50-pin connector 6 CON2; DigiKey Part#CSR50T-ND
DB25 connector, male 6 P7; DigiKey Part #CMP25T-ND
DB25 connector, female 6 P1-P6; DigiKey Part #CFP25T-ND
50-pin ribbon cable 40’ J2; DigiKey Part #R008-50-ND
Standard ATX PC power
supply
1 Computer store
Blank prototype board 6 DigiKey Part #V2010-ND
Crimp tool 1
Open metal crimps 144
Exhibit A
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