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Jun 24
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As luck would have it, I stumbled into the local library a few days later and noticed a novelty store stoplight hanging on the wall. The lights flashed randomly, and it ran on typical wall power. I was relieved to know that such products actually existed, and that I would probably be able to modify it relatively easily. Unfortunately I had absolutely no idea how I was going to drive 117VAC lights from my 5VDC USB port. I decided to worry about that later.
I went home that night and started searching for stoplights on ebay. There were actually quite a few of them listed, but most of them were being offered by dodgy distributors in Hong Kong. I’ve had bad run-ins with those organizations on ebay before.
I decided not to buy a light that evening. At this point I wasn’t sure if I’d ever be able to actually complete the project anyhow. What on Earth would I do with that atrocious thing if I couldn’t hack it into something more useful.