Wow you are really paranoid! Adam helped me pick out the best amplifier and looked over the RF gain stage layout to make sure it was nice and clean, since he did this for a living. Sure I could have done everything without any extra eyes but then the jammer might not have been as effective and that would be so sad :~( If you check back, next week, I'll have project on how to build your own 4 layer boards with popsicle sticks and glitter!

Oh we have a spectrum analyzer here, thats what we used to debug the DIY cellphone jammer project http://www.ladyada.net/make/wavebubble

OMG! Don't tell the US DHS! They'll be way bummed!

Don't worry, its plenty bright! Its bigger only because it has more LEDs, and nice 6 degree lenses. If you RTFA you'll see we suggest going with green LEDs for best effectiveness but this has an RGB rave mode for going to parties. That way we can take it out to raves! Also, please note that LEDs are not driven "continuous current" not sure where you got that from

Everyone at the party we went to said "wow that is really fucking bright" and asked us to turn it off. That's all the research I need! *pew* *pew*

It works great for the flashblindness, nausea, dizziness, disorientation. The occasional vomiting? Maybe not ;)

Strobe/flashing weapons arent new. The patent is actually for a more specific device that scans while it strobes. There actually isnt a patent for just a strobing weapon, which may be because there was prior art.

Theres no schematics in the patent. The flashblinding effect was documented over 100 years ago by scientists like Bruke and Broca. There's really nothing very complex going on, its a green flashing light at about 8-10 Hz...which makes it a great intro-to-Arduino project! :)

There's no missing information. The flashblinding effect was documented over 100 years ago by scientists like Bruke and Broca. There's really nothing very complex going on, its a green flashing light at about 8-10 Hz.

Actually, it does precisely the same thing as any other 'flashing weapon', gives you a headache and makes your eyes hurt

It works great for the flashblindness, nausea, dizziness, disorientation. The occasional vomiting? Maybe not ;)

We decided on going with a PTC because it protects the entire circuit. So, even if by some assembly error the FET was pinned high, the PTC would not pass more current than the FET and inductor are rated for at continuous DC. And PTCs are pretty cheap nowadays, ~20 cents each. :)

ancient hacker, the chip has a 'always on WDT' and the only place the dog is kicked is a function where we also set the timer & port registers fresh. if a register freaks out, say the one that has the port direction or the PC, then either the dogkicker will be called (and reset the registers) every 2 seconds OR the chip is completely latched in which case the WDT will reset the chip. same with the BOD, which cuts in at 1.8V (the chip can run down to 1.8V) however, there is -always- a possibility for cosmic waves, so our design accomdates a pulldown to the fet gate and a 200mA 0.1 polyfuse after the DC jack. all shipping kits have this (we'll update the schem shortly). experimenting with wreaking havoc on the FET and causing a dead-short, the fuse kicks in and 'stabilizes' below the rated DC current for the inductor and FET. thanks for helping us think about all this again, if you're still reading this send us a note support@adafruit and we'll send you out a kit once we ship the first round of orders out.