TECTRON 7-COLOR PEN


Tectron 7-Color Pen, retail $6.37 (www.isellsurplus.com...)
Manufactured by (Unknown)
Last updated 04-13-05




The Tectron 7-color "Light & Write" pen is a ballpoint pen with three 3mm LEDs inside, that illuminate a clear, transparent piece occupying approximately 65% of the barrel.

Pressing the button on the side of the barrel illuminates one or more of the three 3mm LEDs inside, giving you colors of green, blue, red, cyan, purple, yellow, white, and a mode which performs a color wash where the LEDs cycle themselves to create the various colors.


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Press the button on the side of the barrel once to get yellow-green LED to come on;. Press it again to turn the pen off. Press it again to get the blue LED to come on. Press it again to turn the pen off. Press it again to get the red LED to come on. Press it again to turn the pen off. Press it again to get the yellow-green & blue LEDs to come on. Press it again to turn the pen off. Press it again to get the red & blue LEDs to come on. Press it again to turn the pen off. Press it again to get the yellow-green & red LEDs to come on. Press it again to turn the pen off. Press it again to get all three LEDs to come on. Press it again to turn the pen off. Press it again to get the LEDs to do a "color wash", with all three LEDs fading up and down in intensity. Press it again to turn the pen off.

As it reads on the back of many shampoopoo (or shampeepee) bottles, "lather, rinse, repeat". In other words, pressing the button again turns the yellow-green LED on.

To use the pen portion of this gadget, grasp the unit so one hand is just below the center of the barrel (on the clear part), and turn the business end of the barrel clockwise (as if tightening it), and the pen tip should extend so you can write with it. Turn the business end of the barrel counterclockwise (as if loosening it) to retract the pen tip.



To change the batteries, hold the pen so the point (the ink portion) is facing downward, and unscrew the end cap (at the top) until it comes off. Throw it away - O WAIT YOU'LL NEED THAT!!! So just set it aside instead.
Tip the open end of the pen upside down over your hand; tap it if that last cell just won't fall out. Dispose of or recycle the batteries as you see fit.
Hold the barrel of the pen horizontally in one hand, and slip three new AG-13 (LR-44) cells in, one at a time, with the other hand. Insert the batteries button-end (-) first. Once all three cells are inside, you can turn the pen base-up if you wish, and screw the end cap back on.

You can also stack the cells, button-end (-) up, on a table, counter, desk, or other flat surface, and lower the open end of the pen barrel over the cells. Slide it toward the edge of the table, and place your thumb or a finger over the open end of the pen barrel as you slide it over the edge. Invert (flip over) the pen as it clears the edge of the table, and screw the end cap back on.
Aren't you glad you didn't throw away that end cap now?



I just got this thing yesterday (04-12-05), so I don't have a lot to report yet.

The pen portion writes in black ink, and appears to write in a quality you might expect from any good disposable pen.

The approximate LED wavelengths are 623nm (red), 570nm (yellow-green), and 471nm (blue).
I don't know why they chose a 570nm yellow-green LED instead of a much brighter 525nm green LED, so please do not ask.

In my opinion, this instrument isn't fantastic, but I don't feel like devolving into a pygmy marmoset or a rhesus monkey and throwing my own feces at it either.



Photograph of pen (with yellow-green LED illuminated).



Photograph of pen (with blue LED illuminated).



Photograph of pen (with red LED illuminated).


Movie file of the pen in color wash mode.
File is 2.5MB (2,497,056 bytes) in length; and it is in .MOV (Quicktime) format.
It will take no less than 16:21 to download at 25Kbps.
I cannot provide it in any other format, sorry.


TEST NOTES:
Test unit was purchased at isellsurplus.com on 04-02-05 and was received on 04-12-05.

Product was made in China. A product's country of origin really does matter to some people, which is why I mentioned it on this web page.


UPDATE: 00-00-00



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CONS:



    MANUFACTURER: Unknown/not stated
    PRODUCT TYPE: Ballpoint pen with LED illumination
    LAMP TYPE: 3mm LED
    No. OF LAMPS: 3 (one red, one yellow-green, one blue)
    BEAM TYPE: N/A
    SWITCH TYPE: Pushbutton on/off/mode change on barrel
    BEZEL: N/A
    BATTERY: 3xAG-13 button cells
    CURRENT CONSUMPTION: Unknown/unable to measure
    WATER RESISTANT: No
    SUBMERSIBLE: No
    ACCESSORIES: 3 batteries, neck lanyard
    WARRANTY: 1 year

    PRODUCT RATING:

    Star Rating





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