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I've been reading up on the mods I can make and came up with an idea I don't even know will work.
I am going to remodel the inside of a DVD drive that I have right now to act as a hot swap for a 2.5" HDD. I was hunting around and found an IR proximity module that is made for the Arduino boards. I want to take the IR emitter and place it above the drive so it points throughout the case of the G5 up towards the handle. So that when you put your hand under the handle the drive will be triggered to eject.
For this to work I will have two SATA connections. One to the DVD drive to power the tray ejector motor and another to power and read write the HDD that will be inside. From my rudimentary understanding I think it would be possible to power the IR module and the two SATA connections and wire the eject wire to the data would of the IR module to trigger the DVD drive to eject.
I need help figuring out the electrical for this. Or I need someone to tell me I'm crazy and to stop dreaming. If anyone can help or has done this I would love to know what you think.
This is the module I have found at my store.
http://osepp.com/products/sensors-arduino-compatible/osepp-ir-proximity-sensor-module/
I am going to remodel the inside of a DVD drive that I have right now to act as a hot swap for a 2.5" HDD. I was hunting around and found an IR proximity module that is made for the Arduino boards. I want to take the IR emitter and place it above the drive so it points throughout the case of the G5 up towards the handle. So that when you put your hand under the handle the drive will be triggered to eject.
For this to work I will have two SATA connections. One to the DVD drive to power the tray ejector motor and another to power and read write the HDD that will be inside. From my rudimentary understanding I think it would be possible to power the IR module and the two SATA connections and wire the eject wire to the data would of the IR module to trigger the DVD drive to eject.
I need help figuring out the electrical for this. Or I need someone to tell me I'm crazy and to stop dreaming. If anyone can help or has done this I would love to know what you think.
This is the module I have found at my store.
http://osepp.com/products/sensors-arduino-compatible/osepp-ir-proximity-sensor-module/