Solar Powered Vibrating Bug Mk2 (Teaser)

Solar Powered Vibrating Bug Mk2 (Teaser). Main video will be in a week or so as I am rather behind with my video editing. I recently showed my old solar powered vibrating bug was still working after 4 years of service. In Poundland I noticed I could get a twin-pack of solar garden lights for £1 so I thought it was time to do a new one. I use the motor from an Oral B Pulsar vibrating toothbrush but I do NOT advice you to buy one of those toothbrushes just to get the motor as they are expensive, you can probably buy similar on eBay for less money, I would suggest you search for “pager motor” and you will probably find you can get 10 for less than the price of the toothbrush.

By replacing the inductor in the Solar Power LED circuit with a vibrating motor we can fabricate a vibrating bug which charges in light and vibrates in the dark, such as when a shadow goes over it.
This is NOT a Solar Popper or a BEAM bot just a simple hack for a solar experiment. You could do further work to the circuit to alter the operation but the hack I have done seems to be the simplest and the result is fun.

Main Components
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I used an Oral B Pulsar toothbrush as the donor of the vibrating motor. You could also use a vibrating motor from a pager or mobile phone
Poundland Solar garden light – I used one from a small twin pack.
2 paperclips for the legs

Main Tools
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Soldering Iron
Hot Glue Gun or superglue
Wire cutters

Here are some related playlists
Solar Projects playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB1SVLRn_D16dRvTrocMhFPq
Solar Fun – FLED based mover – BEAM Bot https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2BYQZqfVqWfaja5C9hY_Zg
Solar Movers Rockers Wobblers https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB1L61NAVuE5I9FbPgq3sSG1
Solar Powered Aircraft https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0lB7E7nXcCd5FPIdYk9vk0
Solar Powered Boats https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2cuyCDt7Ig20u0pzPWtVo3
Solar Powered Cars https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0fR-1ICd0dtNaxxbtS06G9
Solar Powered RC Boat https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0CbqRkzsGRzhfMqrEydOPg
Solar Snowman Magnet Motor https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB1Kpa5_w3B-K5UmV0edD_Wb
Solar Transformer Robot Kit playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0GU0nYXQhRYKBNYXNEEvGK
Bargain Store Solar Boat https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0yTO2CAT-egZzvEs500p11
Solar Snowman https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2IsZs-7feda7BZFdPpxHdN
Solar powered mobile phone charger – FAIL https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB3fP_vVXEz2y88dkDR2_gPl
Solar Powered Aircraft https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0lB7E7nXcCd5FPIdYk9vk0
Smart Science 6 in 1 Solar Robot kit https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0nHCTZzIbtOdqUSsEEJ1Nr
Solar 6 in 1 Solar Power Robot Kit Kids DIY Educational Toy PLAYLIST https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB1FEN0kNbQlRaux5f91N0yq
Executive Toy Roundabout Pulse Motor teaser https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0ryelRHQioo6HBOt_i1nei
Bargain Store Projects playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0ZqYUdxXaQaJdg-cs3dKIi
Bristle Bugs https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2WfmROVP1Pl5p_6MnWwgBx
Teasers https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0XvLw4YgTpsxGnnYkDKJCr

Filmed using Canon Powershot SX60 HS
Edited using Serif MoviePlus X6

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