Re: East Side Party Plan -- BuzzIn System

Dragos:

Come to the meeting to see the half-hand-wired, half-PCboard prototype.
As the other posts indicated, there is a Trivia Game scheduled that this
will work for, at least for up to eight players, anyway.

We're reworking the design now to maximize PCB use (and make it viable
as a volunteer project). It is an open project (hardware design and
micro-code), so my driving desire to support DOE's Science Bowl and the
resultant effect on math and science education is not a limitation to
other uses.

This system costs about $175 in parts, but some shop tools are required,
e.g. Dremel, solder station, special bits, PICMicro programmer, etc. (a
slightly out-of-date parts list is on the webpage, so you can get an
idea of what's involved). Some parts are large-lot items that I'm
buying and reselling in project quantities. However, commercial models
are available, starting at about $250. Some are ready-made. See
<http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/nsb/buzzer.htm> and
<http://www.orau.gov/sciencebowl/teams/buzzer.htm>.

PLUG member Joseph Sinclair gave me some valuable advice during my
design work.

Gene

Alan: I have some sample Science Bowl questions that might help

Dragos Neagu wrote:

>>It's portable enough to bring. See <http://members.cox.net/geneousproducts/>.
>>
>>
>
>Hey! I just came from our church's youth night, and we've been doing
>a quiz on the first Wednesday of every month for a few months now.
>One of the things that contestants still dispute is who hit the buzzer
>first. This could very well solve that issue, is there anyway I can
>get/build one? :-D
>
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>-Dragos Neagu <><
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>the shoulders of giants." - Sir Isaac Newton
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