 The Optigator. Ain't he cute?  Volume knob on the left side... not perfect, but good enough.  1/8" output jack on the right side. a 1/4" jack would require too much internal clearance. You can also see the holes I had to make for the eye-light clearance.  Push the switch on his tail, and the mouth opens, turning it on, lighting up the eyes. They look really cool and deep red (12v lights on a 9v battery) which you can't really see here. | |||
 The light bulb has been replaced with the photocell. I put the protective clear plastic over it, even though it's not really needed.  The 555 on a perfboard. It's just jammed into there... there are no metal bits for it to short out onto.  All of the pretty green wires. I just snapped off the plastic in the battery holder... no reason to be pretty with it; no one ever sees this.  The battery is wrapped in tape to make sure it doesn't short | |||
 the hole in the bottom which I've since found the filler plastic for. Radio Shack sells a speaker which fits perfectly in that piece.  $5 color changing light thing. "Metamorph". It works well with the Optigator. |