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Giveaway - Propeller USB Protoboard

Nick McClickNick McClick Posts: 1,003
edited 2009-08-06 00:48 in Propeller 1
The Parallax folks were kind enough to hand out USB protoboards to UPEW attendees. I already have a few, so I thought I'd give it to someone who'd put it to good use.

Since I only have 1 extra, I made a mini guessing game out of it, there are more details here.

Let me know if you have any questions!

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  • ColeyColey Posts: 1,110
    edited 2009-06-29 19:02
    Nick

    sorry mate that was tooooo easy lol

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  • sylvie369sylvie369 Posts: 1,622
    edited 2009-06-29 19:59
    "Guess where the circuit board below comes from to win our prize "

    Japan. tongue.gif
  • Nick McClickNick McClick Posts: 1,003
    edited 2009-06-29 20:38
    HA! Leave it to propheads to find any ambiguity in the instructions. smile.gif

    @coley - are you sure it's as easy as you think?

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  • ColeyColey Posts: 1,110
    edited 2009-06-29 21:04
    Haha, I hope so but you've got me thinking now lol

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  • ColeyColey Posts: 1,110
    edited 2009-06-29 21:21
    @Nick, yeah I'm sure I know what it is although there are some bits not pictured, I can tell you the red and black wire goes to a piezo buzzer. tongue.gif
    It's been a long time since I used mine but my gut feeling was spot on lol

    Nice idea btw, got me thinking of a few more to put forward for fun.....

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  • Nick McClickNick McClick Posts: 1,003
    edited 2009-07-13 10:11
    Okay - I've got one more USB protoboard to give away. This one is much harder than the last - the post is up here

    Good Luck!

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  • MicrocontrolledMicrocontrolled Posts: 2,461
    edited 2009-07-13 19:05
    I was guessing that it was some type of old Video Game but since I didn't know I played a smart one and answered "a circut board and componants" smile.gif
    I think that I guessed what it is. Hope you get my E-mail.

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  • jazzedjazzed Posts: 11,803
    edited 2009-07-13 20:00
    It's a DishNetwork(tm) Digital TV (QAM) to NTSC converter. My final answer [noparse]:)[/noparse]

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  • MicrocontrolledMicrocontrolled Posts: 2,461
    edited 2009-07-14 00:24
    I don't believe so; but you shouldn't put your answer the forum, because he draws the winners name out of a group of correct guessers. :-0

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  • jazzedjazzed Posts: 11,803
    edited 2009-08-05 23:43
    Ok, it was a Comcast Digital TV (QAM) to NTSC converter [noparse]:)[/noparse]

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  • Nick McClickNick McClick Posts: 1,003
    edited 2009-08-05 23:54
    Yeah - Mike actually identified it by brand (Pace). I never really thought about it, but do the DBS systems use QAM?

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  • jazzedjazzed Posts: 11,803
    edited 2009-08-06 00:48
    Don't know about broadcast, but I was getting free digital cable QAM from Comcast without subscribing before I switched to ATT Uverse (got tired of being the captive audience bombarded with Comcast's stupid commercials).

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