Tech brainstorm
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- At November 20, 2010
- By ken
- In Uncategorized
I need your help with an idea. I’m currently converting an old Westinghouse stereo cabinet into a TV/entertainment console for the den. It’s beautiful. Old tech meets new tech. I’m psyched.
My quandary; I want to leave this old metal/wood faceplate intact. But I’d like to repurpose it for something cool. I need some ideas, perhaps some links to parts, too.
So far my ideas were;
- power on/off buttons
- digital temperature readout
- digital RSS feed (not sure how… ideas welcome)
- clock
What would you do with this space?
will p
Shouldn’t be too hard to find a couple VFD matrices or 2 line lcds to fill those spaces.
Andrew Mason
Two ideas come immediately to mind:
- SD Card insert slot. Not sure of the metal dimensions
- Be sweet if you could do LCD Volume levels, channel names, AV1or2
thejrod
–USB on one side (for your iPhone or other wide variety of devices)
–Multi-format card reader
–Component/composite extensions that go to your TV/Reciever
–IR Blaster (In case you’ve got devices inside that require IR for their remotes)
I’m sure there’s lots of others that could be done, these were just at the top of my head.
John Bunn
I’d look for a way to make crispy bacon come out of those slots.
Ken Hendrix
So yeah I’m a day late and a dollar short… but everyone should have a “kit” light there … you know think Knight rider….