Mechanical webpage hitcounter

by bemmu • 11 years ago

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comboy2• 11 years ago

     every time a person requests a page from my site, 
     the counter would give a satisfying 'Click!'

This is going to be a pretty loud night for the author ;)

I guess most people here know this site well, but if not it's definitely worth exploring. Lots of cool projects and much to learn.

clemlais• 11 years ago

I wonder what will happen if the frequency of requests is faster than the counter refresh rate. Does the counter stay consistent ?

comboy2• 11 years ago

It reacts to a pulse, so you could solve that with a queue in software, without that, my guess is that it would be missing clicks (pulses would overlap, since I'm assuming there is some minimum required width of it)

jacquesm• 11 years ago

Suggested improvement: put a webcam in front of it for full-circle :)

xigency2• 11 years ago

Hm, this seems like a pretty risky way to connect this device to your PC - using a serial port.

Edit: And THAT connection: http://meuk.spritesserver.nl/foto/foto/misc5/img_1999.jpg

sokoloff• 11 years ago

He has discussion about that hack here: http://spritesmods.com/?art=mechctr&page=2

Seems reasonable enough to me.

xigency2• 11 years ago

Sure, depending on your computer. If you have a $500 graphics card plugged into a 600W power supply, connecting wires into ports that might short circuit could be seen as a 'bad idea'.

dapra• 11 years ago

Another nice electromechanical hit counter: https://vimeo.com/119746422

Mechanical webpage hitcounter

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