Mechanical webpage hitcounter(spritesmods.com)

32 pointsby bemmuvor 11 Jahren8 comments

http://spritesmods.com/?art=mechctr

4 comments

comboyvor 11 Jahren

     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.

clemlaisvor 11 Jahren

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

comboyvor 11 Jahren

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)

jacquesmvor 11 Jahren

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

dapravor 11 Jahren

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

xigencyvor 11 Jahren

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

sokoloffvor 11 Jahren

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

Seems reasonable enough to me.

xigencyvor 11 Jahren

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'.