TJFBryant
Island Man with Pandora in my pocket
- Joined
- Feb 15, 2003
- Messages
- 535
- Age
- 45
****IT REALLY WORKS NOW*** UPDATED CHECK OUT THE LAST POST I DID***
Ok so here I was sitting around. WAITING for the DIY or FLU or whatever it is to become available.
I said to myself why not make a light instead. So I did.
I took that "do it yourself" wormlight guide *sorry I forgot the link to it* and I created myself a wormlight that I can connect into the EXT port of the GP32.
I went to http://www.hyupjininc.com/eng/product/3050_1802pin.htm.
I found the part I needed and got 10 FREE samples of these connectors from them. In FACT, I ordered them on Tuesday and got it Wednesday ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTH KOREA, I was way impressed since I live in the US.
So anyway....after the connectors came, I went out..bought a wormlight (the wrong one by the way) and followed the instructions.
Once I finished building it, I plugged it in and POOF......it worked!!
Kinda...
Ya see I bought a worm light with a capacitor that was soldered on the chip itself. This capacitor is supposed to help the light be brighter and not drain the battery power so quickly. Thus once I connected the Gp32 to the light (without the capacitor) it was a very weak light source.
BUT...(the good part) It worked!! ANDDD...I bought the right wormlight afterward. Now I will have the correct wormlight and know how to build it without worrying about every little step. This next one I am building, (in theory) should be 70% brighter..and a hellava lot better.
So I say screw the DIY...(for now). I have no doubt the do it yourself DIY/FLU is coming, but now since I have my wormlight, I am playing in a Dark Room as much as possible not worrying about when the real official FLU is coming.
Ok so here I was sitting around. WAITING for the DIY or FLU or whatever it is to become available.
I said to myself why not make a light instead. So I did.
I took that "do it yourself" wormlight guide *sorry I forgot the link to it* and I created myself a wormlight that I can connect into the EXT port of the GP32.
I went to http://www.hyupjininc.com/eng/product/3050_1802pin.htm.
I found the part I needed and got 10 FREE samples of these connectors from them. In FACT, I ordered them on Tuesday and got it Wednesday ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTH KOREA, I was way impressed since I live in the US.
So anyway....after the connectors came, I went out..bought a wormlight (the wrong one by the way) and followed the instructions.
Once I finished building it, I plugged it in and POOF......it worked!!
Kinda...
Ya see I bought a worm light with a capacitor that was soldered on the chip itself. This capacitor is supposed to help the light be brighter and not drain the battery power so quickly. Thus once I connected the Gp32 to the light (without the capacitor) it was a very weak light source.
BUT...(the good part) It worked!! ANDDD...I bought the right wormlight afterward. Now I will have the correct wormlight and know how to build it without worrying about every little step. This next one I am building, (in theory) should be 70% brighter..and a hellava lot better.
So I say screw the DIY...(for now). I have no doubt the do it yourself DIY/FLU is coming, but now since I have my wormlight, I am playing in a Dark Room as much as possible not worrying about when the real official FLU is coming.
