https://bitbucket.org/orpex/identity-disc

This is where we are now collaborating on the source code.  We can use the wiki to document step-by-step kit installation instructions and feedback.

Next I will be sealing her up!

The voltage regulators on the new shipment from a different vendor say 61AB L358 but I can't find that referenced anywhere on the web.  Right now I am just running to the 5V regulated input with 100 ohms of resistance to bring the 7.4V down.

Looking a little better today.  Got around the faulty voltage regulator by adding two 33Ω resistors in series.  You can also see the first use of my heat-shrink tubing where I connected the wrong set of LEDs and had to rewire it.

Factory tactile switch has been reinstalled!

You can see there is room for the original speaker still (unintentional).  I could play sound effects in WAV format no problem but where to store all the data?  I would want movie-quality samples!  None of this 8-bit nonsense.  What about the little cell phone vibrators?  They run at 3VDC and are cheap... that might add something?

Got the slider switch replaced and happy...

I am devistated!

I managed to burn out two voltage regulators when I hooked up to the LiPo battery for the first time.  Anyone have a clue why because I don't!  My multimeter says 8.1VDC which is well within the 7-12VDC recommendation from Arduino.  Now I have the 8.1VDC hooked up to the 5V port which works but I don't know for how long.

Second issue is that the long-awaited jumpers aren't working out like I thought they would - mainly because they are too long.  I tried cutting them back but then they no longer contact solidly which means I will have to solder to the pins.

Minor issue is the slider switch I glued into place - I managed to glue the sliding switch itself by putting too much adhesive on the sides which leaked into the open canal for the switch inside.