Scrolling Rear Bike Light.

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Scrolling Rear Bike Light.

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Bike light made from a scrolling convention badge and a old broken bike light.
pretty simple stuff.

A Scrolling Badge

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This little scrolling badge is for geeky convention goers. i got it from ebay a few years ago.

I would just use this the way it is, but the battery compartment is on the bottom and could fall out and get lost from going over a bump.

Take Apart the Badge

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Remove the tiny screws from the badge. take out the board.

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Take all the guts and metal battery clips out of the bike light.

Make Everything Fit

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I placed the circuit board on the lens. then drilled a hole to match where the on/off switch is.
I had some plastic circuit board standoffs that were the right size after i cut part of it off.

the switch works well, you have to open the light to program the message or change the battery.

EXTERMINATE!

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Destroy any plastic parts that get in the way of the light closing properly

Completed Light.

Done!