jstevenperry Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 I have a question about the millipede project (http://www.electronics-lab.com/projects/games/002/index.html). What the heck are "PagerMotors" and where do I get them? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguru Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Hi Js,A pager motor swings a little weight around and is used as the vibrator alert in a wireless pager or cell phone. I have one from my daughter's cell phone that got run over by a few hundred cars.I salvaged its tiny electret microphone and I looked at the "pager motor" for a long time wondering what it was. I removed it and connected a 1.5V battery to it and it vibrated all over the place!Pager motors are tiny, about the same size as in the drawing. I don't know how to remove the small weight on the shaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstevenperry Posted January 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Okay, cool. Well, I have seen vibrating motors in the various electronics catalogs. So now I know what to look for. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstevenperry Posted January 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I found some of these pager motors here: http://www.mpja.com/productview.asp?product=12343+MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguru Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 The cell phone vibrator motor I have is about 2/3 the size of that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstevenperry Posted January 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 They make 'em smaller. Here's one that's 2/3 the size of the one in the link I sent, but costs $1 more each. http://www.mpja.com/productview.asp?product=12342+MD. The millipede project specs call for 16 of these motors. I was trying to keep the cost low.--s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ante Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Hi Steven,If you are on a tight budget you could buy surplus motors here: http://www.voti.nl/shop/p/MOT-03.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstevenperry Posted January 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Thanks for the link. The motors I want are out of stock :-( but the prices are good (even after conversion from Euros to dollars). I'll check back with them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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