The Spinning Light Wand Adaptation comprises instructions and files to adapt a commercially available Spinning Light Wand toy for use with an assistive switch. The toy is modified so that it has a 3.5 mm jack in place of the button. When a standard assistive switch with a 3.5 mm mono jack is attached and activated, the toy will activate. The toy is mounted into a 3D printed base that keeps the toy upright and houses the input jack.
- Makers Making Change Project Page: https://makersmakingchange.com/project/spinning-light-wand-toy-adaptation/
- Vancouver Hack Space Forum Thread: https://talk.vanhack.ca/t/adapting-toy-wands-for-mmc
The Bill of Materials lists all of the parts and components required to adapt the Spinning Light Wand. The toy is typically available at Walmart stores.
Print the components. All of the files and individual print files can be in the Build_Files folder.
Reference the Assembly Guide v1.0 or Assembly Guide v1.1 for the tools and steps required to build each portion.
| Document | Version | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Design Rationale | 1.1 | Spinning_Light_WandDesign_Rationale |
| Bill of Materials | 1.1 | Spinning_Light_Wand_Bill_of_Materials |
| 3D Printing Guide | 1.1 | Spinning_Light_Wand_3D_Printing_Guide |
| Assembly Guide | 1.0 | Spinning_Light_Wand_Assembly_Guide |
| Assembly Guide | 1.1 | Spinning_Light_Wand_Assembly_Guide |
| Maker Checklist | 1.1 | Spinning_Light_Wand_Maker_Checklist |
| User Guide | 1.0 | Spinning_Light_Wand_User_Guide |
| User Guide | 1.1 | Spinning_Light_Wand_User_Guide |
| Changelog | 1.1 | Spinning_Light_Wand_Changelog |
This adaptation was designed by Mimi Xia of the Makers Making Change Vancouver Chapter.
3D Printed Wand Base v1.0 designed by Mimi Xia.
3D Printed Wand Base v1.1 designed by Jake McIvor – Makers Making Change.
Neil Squire / Makers Making Change assisted with the creation of the documentation.
Everything needed or used to design, make, test, or prepare the Spinning Light Wand Adaptation is licensed under the CERN 2.0 Permissive license https://ohwr.org/project/cernohl/wikis/Documents/CERN-OHL-version-2 (CERN-OHL-P) .
Accompanying material such as instruction manuals, videos, and other copyrightable works that are useful but not necessary to design, make, test, or prepare the Spinning Light Wand Adaptation are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
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