Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #04611



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "BEAM Robotics" beam@amoeba.net
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 20:21:24 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Where to find parts in Common Items [walkmen, junk electronics etc]


I am new to the whole beam thing, very interesting stuff. I've tinkered with
building electronic listeners, receivers etc from prefab kits for many
years. I want to try and make a photovore of my own w/o buying a kit and see
if I can make it work, call it a challenge for me. I have located most all
of the parts I need at Radio Crack (no offense to any of you who might
actually Like radio shack) and stuff like the pager motors, I already had
laying around in the 5 or so old Motorola pagers I had here. I did have some
trouble finding a few parts at the shack and was wondering if anyone could
recommend a good place to look for these in other electronic devices. If all
else fails, I'll order them, but I really want to make one this weekend...
BTW, this list of parts was taken from Chiu's site on his freeform
photovore.

Panasonic 1381J 2.6V-2.9V Voltage detectors
Photodiodes ( I did find something at shack Cat# 276-145A Infrared
Phototransistor, will these work at all?)
2N3904 NPN transistors (found MPS3904 transistors at shack, not sure if they
are the same?)
2N3906 PNP transistors
100K ohm potentiometer ( found PCB mount Micro ones Will they work?)
Solarcell ... (all they had were .45v solar cells..)

Any help at finding a good place to find them would be nice.

Thank You

Jason Jones

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