{"id":748,"date":"2009-12-21T14:09:37","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T04:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tintinwulia.com\/?p=748"},"modified":"2009-12-21T21:01:41","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T11:01:41","slug":"toy-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tintinwulia.com\/blog\/toy-two\/","title":{"rendered":"toy two."},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td>\nI still don&#8217;t have a soldering iron yet. Thinking of buying a soldering station, but the price makes me think again. I kept thinking I might be able to get something cheaper in Indonesia. I am thinking and thinking. And not only about soldering irons. I also thought about toy 2.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tintinwulia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/toy2.jpg\" alt=\"toy2\" title=\"toy2\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-725\" \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\nSo I opened toy 2 to see how it works.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tintinwulia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/toy2_1.jpg\" alt=\"toy2_1\" title=\"toy2_1\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-725\" \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\nToy 2 has more cables than toy 1, as I have suspected from the more complex function it does.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tintinwulia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/toy2_2.jpg\" alt=\"toy2_2\" title=\"toy2_2\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-725\" \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\nThe button contacts, however, are different from the rubber ones that toy 1 houses. They&#8217;re made of metal strips.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tintinwulia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/toy2_3.jpg\" alt=\"toy2_3\" title=\"toy2_3\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-725\" \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\nLooking at it a bit closer, I was intrigued. How does this work? Each of the single buttons could actually trigger a sound &#8211; why a somewhat interconnected web of metal strips inside?<\/p>\n<p>So I thought I should look at the cabling to see what the metal strips do.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tintinwulia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/toy2_4.jpg\" alt=\"toy2_4\" title=\"toy2_4\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-725\" \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\nThis white cable goes from the button at this end, which is the frog button &#8230;\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tintinwulia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/toy2_5.jpg\" alt=\"toy2_5\" title=\"toy2_5\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-725\" \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n&#8230; straight through to the other end of the PCB &#8230;\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tintinwulia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/toy2_6.jpg\" alt=\"toy2_6\" title=\"toy2_6\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-725\" \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n&#8230; to the button at the other end of the toy. That&#8217;s a green wheel button.<\/p>\n<p>The frog button is green as well!<\/p>\n<p>Did I miss anything here? Both buttons are green. Would a 3 year old notice that right away? Does this fact imply a function I didn&#8217;t notice in the toy? A secret feature of some sort, available only for those intelligent enough (as a 3 year old) to see the visual connection?<\/p>\n<p>My suspicion was proven wrong. There is no connection whatsoever between the two green buttons, or between them and something else that&#8217;s green, namely the PCB.<\/p>\n<p>But why does that white cable go from one end to the other end?\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I still don&#8217;t have a soldering iron yet. Thinking of buying a soldering station, but the price makes me think again. I kept thinking I might be able to get something cheaper in Indonesia. I am thinking and thinking. 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