Hello friends.
Right. I dont want to give too much away cause I want to post a proper project log when im done. Ive been drawing up some plans for something i'm going to build, but i need some help with achieving something specific. As such:
I have a DVD drive (5.25in, 2.5in or maybe one of those tiny slot ones, im not sure yet). I need some way of making it "shock proof". IE, if you were to say, hold it in your hands whilst you cycled down a mountain backwards, it wouldn't skip the movie that was in it.
Now, i was thinking initially to suspend it in elastic like you do with harddrives. But, that would make actually loading the drive a pain in the arse. So, the front of the drive needs to remain static (just like in a PC if that makes sense) but the rest needs to be somehow shock proofed.
If i got one of those mini-drives (like you get in a car stereo)... would that reduce the chance of skipping? since it actually sleeves the disc, rather than merely holds it in place like a regular 5.25in drive.
Any ideas?
Right. I dont want to give too much away cause I want to post a proper project log when im done. Ive been drawing up some plans for something i'm going to build, but i need some help with achieving something specific. As such:
I have a DVD drive (5.25in, 2.5in or maybe one of those tiny slot ones, im not sure yet). I need some way of making it "shock proof". IE, if you were to say, hold it in your hands whilst you cycled down a mountain backwards, it wouldn't skip the movie that was in it.
Now, i was thinking initially to suspend it in elastic like you do with harddrives. But, that would make actually loading the drive a pain in the arse. So, the front of the drive needs to remain static (just like in a PC if that makes sense) but the rest needs to be somehow shock proofed.
If i got one of those mini-drives (like you get in a car stereo)... would that reduce the chance of skipping? since it actually sleeves the disc, rather than merely holds it in place like a regular 5.25in drive.
Any ideas?
