Iron Man MkIII suit animatronics

[Bigturc]

OK! OK! Subscribed! This is really really interesting!! Can't wait to see the video too!

 

[darkestknight]

you and everyone else on here make this stuff look so easy. I guess with practise it will be, but for now this seems like an intimidating project. the helmet, wiring and rods look awesome. I look forward to seeing more

 

[guitarakizta]

wow. What type of radio did u used sir? I saw ur predator cannon. Id like to make one but i used accelerometer..

 

[Honus]

wow. What type of radio did u used sir?

It's an XBee- they are very robust encrypted radios.

 

[Prince NEO]

This is really amazing, I hope I can figure out how to do something similar when I get my helmet.

 

[Kennper]

Wow this looks great!have you thought of doing a run on the junkyard with kits of these? That would help a lot of us that are trying to achieve this

 

[dyip99]

Wow this looks great!have you thought of doing a run on the junkyard with kits of these? That would help a lot of us that are trying to achieve this

Agree, love

 

[msleeper]

If you did a JY run, I would be very interested in a helmet kit (electronics/motors/hinge arms).

 

[BIKERFETT]

I have Clinton's Helmet and suit. I am very interested in having ur kit in my helmet and hands. I wont need the rockets.

Chris

 

[bobafettsslave1]

Same as above very interested. Looking forward to seeing a lot more of your work.

 

[jrpage74]

I am watching this with great interest. I enjoyed the TUT...intimidating, but it makes me want to learn how to do this. Subscribed!

 

[StupidIntern08]

It's an XBee- they are very robust encrypted radios.

This is a pretty ingenius and elegant solution to a common problem associated with building helmets like this: How do I take the helmet off without disconnecting the electronics? Well-played, sir. :thumbsup

First off, let me say that I'm extremely new to this kind of thing, but the pictures are really detailed and descriptive. For a beginer like myself, it helps to have post like this so that I can learn, so thank you for that.

Anyways, I do have a question about the electronics, though.

I was able to recognize all of the components of your hinge's electronic system except the board underneath the XBee (the blue board with the red + green LEDs on it). What is that/What does it do? Like I said, the blue color of the board reminds me of Arduino boards but my limited knowledge of the subject makes it really hard to infer what it is/does.

Thanks in advance for the reply!

 

[Zaxmon]

I was able to recognize all of the components of your hinge's electronic system except the board underneath the XBee (the blue board with the red + green LEDs on it). What is that/What does it do? Like I said, the blue color of the board reminds me of Arduino boards but my limited knowledge of the subject makes it really hard to infer what it is/does.

Thanks in advance for the reply!

Looks like an Adafruit Xbee adapter to me:
XBee Adapter kit [v1.1] ID: 126 - $10.00 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

 

[DarthVespula]

Wow that looks awesome!

 

[StupidIntern08]

Looks like an Adafruit Xbee adapter to me:
XBee Adapter kit [v1.1] ID: 126 - $10.00 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Thanks man. Definitely using this system for another project that I'm working on.

 

[Honus]

Yep- it's an XBee adapter. It's a very handy little board when using XBee radios as it will take care of the logic level shifting for you. It also breaks out the XBee radio pins into a more useful standard spaced format. I highly recommend using it.

I've been writing code like mad- there will be an update soon with video.

 

[The Ronin]

Okay, subscribed. I don't plan on doing IM armor, but learning about this stuff is just way too much to pass up.

 

[Gator Fett]

I have not really followed any of the IM builds, but this one has caught my interest. Looking forward to seeing all the electronic goodness in action.

 

[Metal Man]

That is so cool. Can't wait to see more.Great job.

 

[Honus]

Here you go-
Animatronic Iron Man helmet wireless - YouTube

Opens plenty fast with lots of power. Still need the lights for the eyes but that's pretty easy and the code for that is already in there. You can see the tag reader on the workbench as I need to rewire the glove due to changes I made in the code.