8-Channel Programmable Radio Detonator
​From the TV series MILLENNIUM
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The scripted action for this prop required that all channels were to be activated, then all explosive charges detonated simultaneously. ​

The design of this prop was closely based upon a real, commercially made device.
Some months later, after the project had been completed, we had an opportunity to photograph a real RF detonator beside our version.
At the time the project began, the only pictorial reference we had access to for this esoteric item, was a tiny photocopied image from a product spec sheet.
Our prop version featured microprocessor controlled LED sequencing and custom (backlit) membrane-switch keypad.
Operational features identified. All other controls not identified here are non-functional.
Dimensions.
Device Operation
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  • The black rotary switch is turned clockwise causing the device to power-up and self-check.  All   yellow LED's illuminate, then blink twice, to confirm communication with active detonator receivers (the device is now in "STANBY/READY MODE").
 
  • Pressing "ARM ALL" extinguishes the yellow "STANDBY" LED's and illuminates all 8 red "ARMED" LED's. The red LED above "FIRE ALL" begins flashing (the device is now in "ALL-ARMED MODE").
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  • Pressing "FIRE-ALL" causes all 8 "ARMED" LED's flash twice and extinguish ("FIRING COMPLETE").
       Project Contributors:

             CAD Drawing:  Bob Boel
             Electronics:  Steve Genser of ROBOTIC EFFECTS
             Fabricators:  Bob Boel & Richard Molnar
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