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The Scoreboards for Schools program is now open for term 3.
Please fax your order form on or before Friday the 21st May
2010
Click here to
download the order form
Or pay online with your Credit Card here:
Here is an example of a completed scoreboard at Taroona
High School, Tasmania.
The board above was completed with coordination by Susan
Flinn. Here is what Susan has to say:
".... if you ever want to give teachers my name so I can tell
them how a teacher with no electronic knowledge got the
scoreboard finished, I would be more than happy to sing your
praises...."
"...Thanks again, students have been very excited about the
board and seeing it working is brilliant..."
Taroona High School used professional sign writer stickers
to create the labels. Here is an image of the work in progress:
The board can also be split in two or the dimensions can
be changed to create a wide display. The boards
can be mounted side by side or one on top of the other. It's
completely up to you!
Here is a photo from Essendon Keilor College, VIC,
to give you an idea of the size:
Click on the thumbnails below for more high resolution
pictures from Mercy College (WA) and Essendon Keilor College
(VIC).
As part of the program, students build their own high-tech
working basketball scoreboard out of kit components. The fully
functional, remotely controlled scoreboard can then be
installed in any indoor basketball court.
Cross discipline subjects that can get involved with the
program include:
Physical Education
Science (soldering the LED displays)
Graphic design (designing team logos to go on the board)
Woodwork (Cutting the MDF board to size)
To aid in construction, the remote controller and receiver
are pre assembled and tested. Students build the 12 inch high
numbers and connector cables to connect each digit to the
receiver. APMP works with the school to guarantee that a perfect
quality, fully functional scoreboard is completed.
Each 12 inch digit that makes up the scoreboard has 170 large
10mm high brightness 9000MCD red Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs):
Each kit comes with 13 digits (as above) and 6 indicators.
The 6 indicators are each made of 9 x 10mm high brightness LEDs
and measure 2 inches square. These indicators show possession,
and time-out (1 and 2) status for both teams:
The typical recommended layout is as follows but the beauty
of this scoreboard is that you make the board yourself! So any
format that suits your basketball court can be applied:
The controller and receiver are mounted behind the board.
Each digit is connected with a 2m (6 foot) cable. If the
controller is mounted centrally, the maximum dimensions of the
board can be as much as 4m x 4m (12 foot square).
However, a more workable size for the classroom is 2.3m x
2.3m (7 foot square). This still makes a very large board, and leaves plenty of space on the
board for team logos and school colours, and is easier to mount
to the wall.
This is one truly giant board!
Above and below: A student has mounted the LEDs on the
board, and the board is ready to be soldered. This is the
majority of where students work will be. There is enough
soldering work to keep around 20 to 25 students occupied for
around 2 standard 40 minute classes. Another three or four
classes are required to paint and design the board, with a
further class or two to mount the controller on the board, and
mount the board on the wall.
These LEDs have a minimum life of 100 000 hours, which
equates to around 10 years of trouble free use. The digits are
just a little larger than an A4 sheet of paper.
The scoreboard can of course be tailored to each individual
school's taste. A template is included that will produce a board
that is visible over 100m away.
The fully built wireless controller is easy to
use and has an inbuilt 2.4Ghz transmitter. It will work up to
150 metres away from the board.
The controller:
The controller is supplied fully built and tested. It is mounted in a sturdy metal enclosure and
powered by an internal high current 17A 12V power supply producing over
200W of power directly to the digits. The power supply
incorporates overload protection as well as over temperature
protection, and it will work on both AU/NZ/European 220-240V
power as well as 110V US power. The internal printed circuit board has onboard
connectors for all scoreboard digits. All cabling is clip on,
and is very easy to connect. The standby feature of the
receiver automatically turns off all digits after one hour of
non-use. Standby power is a tiny 15 Watts.
The receiver can be bolted directly to the back of the
scoreboard. Just ensure a power outlet is close by. A separate small RF receiver is included. The RF
receiver is 100% pre-built and works for over 150 metres
line-of-sight. Transmission is via a robust 2.4Ghz RF link.
Kit includes all electronics
to get you going. You just need to supply the MDF board and
paint. Kit includes:
1. Transmitter
2. Receiver
3. Controller
4. Either pre-built digits (no
soldering) OR digits supplied in kit form
(requires soldering).
5. A total of 13 digits to
show Home score (three digits), Away score (three digits), Quarter, home fouls, away fouls,
and four digits for countdown timer (minutes : seconds).
6. A total of 6 indicators to
show possession, home and away team time-out.
7. All instructions and a
downloadable template.
8.
Unlimited telephone and
email support to get your board going!
9. All electronic components including high
current - overload protected power
supplies, a very loud siren, and all connectors
and cables.
The school will need to provide
the following materials: MDF or chipboard of suitable
dimensions (typically measuring 240 x 240cm), paint
(in your chosen colour), bolts and hardware to mount the board
on the wall.
Cost and ordering information:
Typical commercial scoreboards of
this size and feature set range from around $10,000 to $25,000.
But...As this board is available in kit
form, and as orders are taken only twice a year, these costs are
greatly reduced.
Further costs are reduced by not
shipping large and bulky backboards. You supply this yourself.
So for one scoreboard, we have been able to tailor the price to
less than the cost of two desktop
computers! All schools also
receive an instant
14 day account,
so no deposit is required to secure the order.
Simply fax your order through. Click below to download the order
form.
The "Scoreboards for Schools"
program is a bi-annual event. So don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity, and
FAX your
order in now!
Click here to
download the fax order form
 Click
here for the manual and construction details
The manual also includes links to
two
construction videos which show in plain
step-by-step detail how to build the basketball scoreboard. See
page 2 of the manual for these links.
Total costs for one scoreboard
and shipping:
 To any
state in Australia -
AU$2990 plus GST and AU$79 freight
Click here to
download the fax order form
OR Pay Online with your credit card now:
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