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Gadget Freak Case #132: A Spiffy Face-Lift for An Old-Time Toy

Article-Gadget Freak Case #132: A Spiffy Face-Lift for An Old-Time Toy

Gadget Freak Case #132: A Spiffy Face-Lift for An Old-Time Toy

Luis Fernando Espinal Ceballos of Colombia wanted to give his cousin's son the slot track racing set he loved as a child. But the toy seemed unbearably old-fashioned. So Luis jazzed it up with a new electronic control system. He dumped the old battery box and replaced it with a used PC power supply and rewired the entire system for tighter control. He also added a lap counter to the circuit and upgraded the cars from old Lotus models to new Porsche and BMW models.

Amt Part Description Allied Part #
1 LM555 Timer; 8-Pin MDIP 288-0605
1 Transistor; PNP; Silicon 935-6102
2 Metal Film Resistor 840-0399
2 Switching Diode 411-0008
1 Rectifier 950-0206
1 Carbon Film Resistor 296-6493
1 Wire-Wound Resistor 895-4243
1 Heat Sink, Vertical Mount 619-0170
2 Capacitors 507-0651
1 Electrolytic Capacitor 852-6566
 
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