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Hackable Microcontroller-Powered Valentine's Card

Posted by kdawson on from the gotta-have-heart dept.

compumike writes "If you have a significant other to impress this Valentine's Day, consider putting your programming skills to use. This video tutorial shows how to build an LED Heart Valentine's card, powered by a microcontroller running C code, with a neat randomized 'twinkling' effect in an interrupt handler. Think about it: how many ladies can say that their Valentine's card runs at 14 MHz?"

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  1. More Likely Responses by Arthur+Grumbine · · Score: 5, Funny

    Him: Yeah, babe, and now you can tell your friends that your Valentine's Day card runs at 14 MHz.
    Her: Really?! 14? How many songs does that mean it can hold?

    or
    Him: Yeah, babe, and now you can tell your friends that your Valentine's Day card runs at 14 MHz.
    Her: ...uh, yeah... I'll be doing that right away...

    or
    Him: Yeah, babe, and now you can tell your friends that your Valentine's Day card runs at 14 MHz.
    Her: ...
    (She remains as silent as all other RealDolls)

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    Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
    1. Re:More Likely Responses by Sepiraph · · Score: 4, Funny

      Think about it: how many ladies can say that their Valentine's card runs at 14 MHz?"

      Clearly this is a trick question. No such girlfriend ever existed in the first place.

    2. Re:More Likely Responses by Arthur+Grumbine · · Score: 4, Funny

      And that's why it's currently +5 funny. I know my audience.

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      Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
    3. Re:More Likely Responses by moosesocks · · Score: 5, Funny

      OK, but bear with me..... assume a spherical girlfriend of uniform density.....

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    4. Re:More Likely Responses by az1324 · · Score: 5, Funny

      or
      Him: ...14 MHz.
      Her: At least something knows how to oscillate around here.

    5. Re:More Likely Responses by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's easy, just imagine the average American woman.

  2. Overclock it? by canatech · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet with liquid cooling you could get it to 18MHz!

  3. Re:Come now by iocat · · Score: 5, Funny
    It's not too geeky, it's too PATHETIC. If you need a microcontroller running at 14Mhz and C code to blink some heart shaped LEDs, you should just turn in nerd card now. It's like using an anvil to hammer a picture hanging nail.

    If you can't create that card with a 555 and a couple resistors, I wouldn't be surprised to see your Valentine laugh in your face and go off with a real He-Man who writes assembly.

    Christ! A 14Mhz microcontroller... if you're gonna use that, the damn card better access the internet or play NES games at least.

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  4. Most Likely Response by az1324 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Her: That's NOT the kind of crystal I had in mind.

  5. Not what she'd want by Big+Hairy+Ian · · Score: 4, Funny
    14Mhz??????

    Personaly I'm sure she'd want something that ran at 150hz (approx)

    BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

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