Underpowered Woggle Bugs
2002-12-25 by grantrichter2001 <grichter@asapnet.net>
In a discussion with Rick Hake about the Woggle Bug, I was talking about the mythology surrounding Louis and BeBe Barron and the sound track for "Forbidden Planet". Somehow it cam up that using a variable power supply on the Woggle Bug would also simulate some of the techniques used by the Barrons. So if you have access to a variable power supply, as long as the positive and negative supllies are varied together, no harm should come to the module if you power it from a different supply voltage. When the power supply is switched of, the voltages decay through all inbetween voltages anyway. So, for a patch we can call "Expiring Woggle Bug" you can vary the supply voltage until it begins to make organic dying noises. The module will be fine, just the chaotic systems are rearranging the attractors as the voltage goes down.