Re: [FRIAM] help please: networking software question

2006-12-07 Thread Nick Frost
Giles Bowkett wrote: > The ideal solution would be something incredibly simple, where a skull > would only become alerted to the wand's existence if the wand was in a > particular range of X feet, with X ideally being a small number like > 5, and further, where the wand's signal could only be pick

Re: [FRIAM] help please: networking software question

2006-12-07 Thread James Steiner
Wow... 5 gumstix? That sounds like massive tech overkill! Not to mention very expensive! MAKE: has a you-solder-it simon-game kit that (with room to spare) fits on a CD-shaped circuit board. The lights are LED's, the switches are microswitches. The trick then becomes connecting the remote sensing

[FRIAM] help please: networking software question

2006-12-06 Thread Giles Bowkett
Hi Friamers -- I have something I need help with. I want to build a version of the 80s toy "Simon" in the form of a 20' ring of four skulls. Simon was a small handheld toy which had four buttons. Lights beneath the buttons would flash in a particular sequence, the player would press the buttons t