Ideas please

N Rage64 · Post by **N Rage64** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:35 pm

i have a usb cord layin around and i want to do sumtin kool with it do you guys have any ideas

Lucretius · Post by **Lucretius** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:38 pm

I use those for belts...

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:39 pm

Make a xbox to usb cable...or go outside with it...and get on a bike....then go whackin people around ur house

.......or u could o idk......hang urself.....j/k

Reploid Ayla · Post by **Reploid Ayla** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:40 pm

plug it in your camera?

Post by **bicostp** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:41 pm

You could make a USB powered...
light!

Radio! (listen to some tunes while in the school's library)
Fan!
pencil sharpener!
Game Boy power adapter!
Babbling brook! (one of those rock things that pump water and sound like a small river running)
NESp! (you-know-who made one

)
anything else that runs on 5 volts or less!

(USB puts out 5v, something like 360ma or something like that right off the bus, more if you have a powered hub)

<a href="http://pinouts.ru/data/USB_pinout.shtml">Pinouts</a>

Tell me what you do with it, I've got a couple dozen I don't know what to do with!

MilkMonster · Post by **MilkMonster** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:41 pm

sacrofise it to the computer gods

Lucretius · Post by **Lucretius** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:42 pm

I still say belt! Damn droops!

Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:43 pm

That would be cool

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:44 pm

Hang urself!!!!!!!!!!!!!

its easy, and a waste my time...im leavin

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:48 pm

Use it as a whip. When not in use coil it ogether on your belt (which should also be made of a USB cable), and TA-DAAAA! You're a futuristic version of Indiana Jones! Don't forget the fedora made of floppy disks

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:56 pm

bicostp wrote:(USB puts out 5v, something like 360ma or something like that right off the bus, more if you have a powered hub)

Closer to 500mA actually. This is another reason why FireWire rocks, up to 30V @ 1.5A.

Make a power bar that cuts power to peripherals when you turn off your computer. It's simple, just connect a relay to the power from the USB cord.

Post by **marshallh** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:00 pm

nos_slived wrote: Closer to 500mA actually. This is another reason why FireWire rocks, up to 30V @ 1.5A.

Right on, brother! I plan on using my LCD screen enclosure as a goldfish aquarium, powered by Firewire. I could have some lights, and maybe a 12v fan moving the water around... Time to bust out your 7812s!

Joes2Silly · Post by **Joes2Silly** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:05 pm

make an electic banjo, Iv always wanted to make one but Iv been scared about what would happen if you plug a amp into a banjo....

Undisclosed · Post by **Undisclosed** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:17 pm

i cant find any good sites, with a diy usb radio, anyone have any, i would really like that

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:25 pm

You just power a radio with the 5V from the computer. Just find simple schematics for a radio that can run on 5VDC.