Speedstacks g4 timer how to#

So this way you could use an online timer like or and it will think your pushing the space bar to start the timer. The signal that is sent to your computer is the same that would be sent from an attachable keyboard pushing the space bar. When the board realizes the circuit is made, it will send a signal to your computer in milliseconds to provide an accurate and true time when speed solving a Rubix cube. But if one hand is touching both pieces of foil, then the circuit is still created and the signal will just go though one side of your hand out the other. If only one hand is touching one piece of foil, then there in no circuit and it will not work. Thus, creating a circuit allowing the Makey Makey to know both of your hands are touching the foil. When you put your hands on both pieces of aluminum foil, the signal goes through the first piece of foil, in your hand up into your body, then down your arm out to your other hand then through the aluminum foil. Then the other wire going to the other piece of aluminum foil will be waiting for that signal to go through it back to the Makey Makey. Basically, the Makey Makey (See picture 1 for what a Makey Makey is), will send an extremely low voltage signal (about 5 volts, not enough to feel it let alone to get shocked) through one of the wires to one piece of aluminum foil. The aluminum foil is the main part that will conduct electricity for the Makey Makey to know when your hands are touching. So now, let's get on with the supplies needed! (See picture 2 above for what a speed stack timer looks like.) Speed stack timers are used at WCA (World Cubing Association) competitions. When you place both hands down again, it stops the timer. If you can solve a rubix cube but don't know what a speed stack timer is, it's basically a timer that you put both your hands on, and when you remove them, it starts a timer.

I hope to have an instructable about solving a Rubix cube in the future, but until then, you can just search for videos on YouTube. However, you could use it for other things such as maybe timing yourself to build a puzzle.

Speedstacks g4 timer how to#

First off, if you don't know how to solve any Rubix cube, then this timer may not be for you. It will also work just like a speed stacks timer with one benefit, you won't need to enter your time into a speed cube timer website, it just basically acts as the space bar. This timer will be able to work with any Rubix cube (2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, megaminx, skewb, pyraminx, clock, etc). In this instructable, I'm going to show you how to make your own speed stacks timer for solving Rubix cubes.