Friday, July 18, 2014

Snappy Cat

This is a breakout board for kids or for sewing.  I made it with an 8 pin dip socket, snaps, and pre-printed pcb board from RadioShack. 

Snappy Cat's nose is a chip.  Today I used a 555 chip, and I can use any 8 pin chip such as ATtiny85 or the ATtiny13.  
The video demonstrates that the snaps are conductive and the design works by blinking an led with a 555 timer for a nose. 
I didn't originally intend to make this breakout board a cat, but the wires looked so much like whiskers!  A puppy, bunny, octopus, and a lot of other cute designs would also work.  Below on the left is the cat's socket, waiting for any 8 pin chip/nose.  On the bottom right is a wiring diagram sketch (resistors not drawn).






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