NETWORK-CONTROLLED FIREWORKS LAUNCHER
[Thomas] as well as his buddies wished to sound in the new year by setting off some fireworks. To keep a risk-free distance as well as have a bit fun they developed this network controller launcher (translated).
the picture on the left shows the develop in its unused as well as excellent state. however by the end of the event it look a bit melted as well as burnt. Still, for the very first revision of the system it ended up working quite well.
We’ve seen a number of remote fireworks launchers that shed up resistors to light the fuses. however this system is much a lot more reusable. The picture on the ideal shows the heating aspects which light the fuses. younger visitors may have no concept what they’re looking at, however every automobile utilized to find with at least one of these electric cigarette lighters. just drive 12V with them as well as they get burning hot fairly quickly. That’s where the vehicle battery on the base comes into play. It is linked to the lighters utilizing some mechanical relays.
In the food container connected to the side of the launcher you’ll discover a Raspberry Pi which supplies the web connection for the system. [Thomas] composed code which utilizes a web page with some bomb icons as buttons. inspect out the video after the break to see him demonstrate exactly how quick one of these lighters will glow red after pressing a button on his wise phone.