Blinkenlights @ Chaos Communication Camp 2003

cavac writes "From 07.-10. August, we from the Chaos Computer Club have another Chaos Communication Camp. Please be sure to visit us at the BlinkenArea, a place where we show the newest projects and technology derived of Blinkenlights, the famous installation on Berlin's 'House of the Teacher'."

BlinkenArea, sans SSL:

[llamalicious]

BlinkenArea [camp.ccc.de]

BlnkenWars

[te amo]

telnet www.blinkenlights.nl

Please note:

[Anonymous Coward]

All www.ccc.de URLs are available over HTTPS. Encrypt all communication whenever possible, not just when you deem the content important enough to prevent eavesdropping.

2600

[Anonymous Coward]

They also made the winter 2003 cover of 2600 - Hacker Quarterly [2600.com]

I have absolutely nothing to say

[EvilTwinSkippy]

I've been waiting 20 minutes for a meeting to start, and I managed to commandeer an unattended computer with a Net connection for a minute.

This article has made my day. Hell, it reminds me of the time my uncle gave me a few bucks to design a "switch simulator." I cleaned out the LED supplies at 4 Radio shacks, and assembled a psuedo-random blinking light pattern. He needed something to fill in an empty rack at the data center.

For kicks it included a voice recorder chip, and speed adjust. A miracle what can be accomplished with a few NAND chips, NOR chips, a BCD counter, and a whole lot of solder.

Hint for kids trying this at home, tie the LED's to the supply (+), and let the discreet components open the return (-) part of the circuit. 60 LEDs consume a surpisingly large amount of current. Forrest E. Mims is your friend...