- February 2nd, 2017, 8:42 pm#4889624
My proton pack has been a bit lonely and after seeing countspatula's great build, I couldn't resist this one. Can't thank Sean enough for generously putting the files out there. The kit itself has been definitely a pleasure to work with and put together. I can't say enough good things about Sean's work.
I got my parts printed from 3d Hubs. It was a great experience and would highly recommend it. Below are my parts filled, primed and painted.
Here's a ton of goodies from Adafruit that Sean pointed me to for the trap.
This video is a quick demo of the lights, sounds, and door mechanism.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0F5Lo ... sp=sharing
This video is my first time playing with the smoke effects. I couldn't find the ones Sean used, so I'm using Halo brand e-cigarettes that looked to be pretty similar. The draw on the e-cig can only be constant for about 1-2 seconds, then it auto shuts off. I'll need to program the Arduino I'm using to keep turning it and off to get a consistent puff.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0F5L ... U1VWkdYVEU
Right now I've been trying to find the parts to get the smoke connected to the top frame, but finding the right reducing coupler to connect the hose to the e-cig has proven more difficult than I thought! The other challenge I've been having is with power. The boost board I'm using doesn't like a constant draw of more than 1 amp and I think once I added the motor, the total electronics draw gets a little over causing some weird behavior. I've added some low-ohm resistors to the three door LEDs and the motor which has improved it greatly, but the quirkiness still can pop up.
I got my parts printed from 3d Hubs. It was a great experience and would highly recommend it. Below are my parts filled, primed and painted.
Here's a ton of goodies from Adafruit that Sean pointed me to for the trap.
This video is a quick demo of the lights, sounds, and door mechanism.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0F5Lo ... sp=sharing
This video is my first time playing with the smoke effects. I couldn't find the ones Sean used, so I'm using Halo brand e-cigarettes that looked to be pretty similar. The draw on the e-cig can only be constant for about 1-2 seconds, then it auto shuts off. I'll need to program the Arduino I'm using to keep turning it and off to get a consistent puff.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0F5L ... U1VWkdYVEU
Right now I've been trying to find the parts to get the smoke connected to the top frame, but finding the right reducing coupler to connect the hose to the e-cig has proven more difficult than I thought! The other challenge I've been having is with power. The boost board I'm using doesn't like a constant draw of more than 1 amp and I think once I added the motor, the total electronics draw gets a little over causing some weird behavior. I've added some low-ohm resistors to the three door LEDs and the motor which has improved it greatly, but the quirkiness still can pop up.
Last edited by spanakadakawaka on February 3rd, 2017, 7:23 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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