Prometheus/Pandoraās Box
Here is an obfuscated ultraminimalized Monolith for you.
It is enlightening and harmless, except to the devil, who really hates it, because Iām letting you have it (for āfreeā).
Youāre curious. So Make it, if you have tools.
GET PARTS
You need:
-a PIC12C508 or 509 or anything compatible or be able to translate to what you have.
-an assembler and burner for your PIC
-a 78L05 voltage regulator which looks like a small transistor
-a dead 9 volt battery to rip the plus and minus terminals out of
-a new alkaline 9 volts battery
-some 20-ish gauge wireā¦
-a really stupid antenna which may be made out of the wire and hangers and aluminum foil,
so pretend to pretend you donāt know a thing about making an antenna and make something that looks like one.
-A shortwave radio. A guitar amp will also be interesting, but definitely find the radio first.
-The CODE i am giving you to put in the PIC.
sorry this was too easy to make so I show the parts all together. You donāt need the blue ship light.
If you donāt have the right PIC, recoding just involves choosing different registers and a different port.
THE SOURCE CODE
Note: replace ā(spaces)ā with spaces. (problems making columns)
LIST p=12C508
start movlw 0Eh
(spaces)tris 6
loop incfsz 08
(spaces)incf 09
(spaces)btfss 3,2
(spaces)goto skipy
(spaces)incfsz 0ah
(spaces)incf 0bh
skipy movf 8,w
(spaces)andwf 0ah,w
(spaces)movwf 0ch
(spaces)movf 9,w
(spaces)andwf 0bh,w
(spaces)iorwf 0ch,w
(spaces)bcf 6,0
(spaces)btfsc 3,2
(spaces)bsf 6,0
(spaces)goto loop
(spaces)end
Burn (program) it now. Ignore this binary because itās just for show.
Schematic- build on a breadboard
Of course you wonāt know if itās working yet.
Prepare your antenna. Unroll up to 3 meters or 10 feet of wire.
Wrap it around an umbrella like E.T. phones home.
Notice that a transistor-looking 78L05 has itās pins reversed compared to a bigger 7805
and also that the upper right corner of the PIC12C508 is negative ground,
not positive Vcc like on many chips.
My browser is putting an icon on top of the antenna so if thatās what you see then
the third wire used on the PIC that goes away from the circuit is the antenna wire.
After you peeked ahead to see it all, and tested it, Make it.
Notice that facing the flat part of the 78L05 with writing on it that
the pins are in backwards order compared to a 7805.
Gob up the antenna wire pin with hot glue so it doesnāt break the pin off the chip.