Iron man motorised faceplate electronics tutorial!!!

Interesting thoughts, but as far as dimensions are concerned since upgrades, I'd say the only things that really require any consideration are the servos and batteries. The mini is to small to care about. Likewise with the LEDs, cables are virtually nothing.
The batteries will be removable from housing to charge. I like the idea of connecting entire helmet up to power though so nothing is removable or fiddly.

What are your suggestions bud?
 
"I" personally like 'set-it & forget-it' for the battery pack....

'but'.. that works best for me.. as I have an external charger I can plug in to charge my packs once installed in the project(s)....

I have one like this:
3.7V-14.8V Li-Ion Smart charger

(side note:.. check out the site its great!)

You can also see the pre-made battery packs..etc..etc ,...... here: :)
Batteries and Packs

you can unplug, charge & swap.. or use a port installed somewhere to charge 'in-helmet'..leaving the pack installed 'where-ever'

and port like this can be wired up, to leave the pack 'installed' :

Switchcraft 2.1mm Power Jack



also I tend to over think things... (character fault I guess).... but I would make sure my servo(s) are strong enough to lift my faceplate and work all my mountings..etc.. and then mock up the components.. you might need to go to bigger servos for example.. that take up 'more' room than expected..

I would hate to see your hard work get stalled by something of this nature@! :)



** also.. (cant link to threads in the JY).. but there is an AWESOME post by TheRealStark there on his hinged servo mounts.. its pretty slick!

alot of his IM projects are great to study!.. (hes serious about his IM projects!) :)

this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCLXube2f7U&feature=youtu.be
 
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Thanks allot for posting a tutorial sinss, searched high and low for it and couldnt find anything that explains it step by step ( might be because i didnt search in the right direction, but still xD )
 
hey bro very nice work , you should share the info on how you did it with all of the people in this thread what do ya say
 
excellent i am glad that we have people in the forum here willing to share what they have learned with others. this is how it should be. so from your vid i heard alot of sounds and almost like movement activated, am i right to assume this
 
DarkPrimus said:
Just gonna nudge in between here

Thanks allot for posting a tutorial sinss, searched high and low for it and couldnt find anything that explains it step by step ( might be because i didnt search in the right direction, but still xD )
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Just noticed this one. Not a problem dude. Myself and ironleoman needed to learn it and it doesn't hurt to share our wealth with you guys. We know the tutorial never transpires when many others say they will do it.
 
7sinzz said:
Xrobots, i saw your tutorial regarding using the picaxe. The only reason I opted for Arduino is because theres so much template code available all over the net and thousands of tutorials due to its rapidly expanding popularity. There probably is plenty for the picaxe too but arduino was grabbing my attention more regularly and it had one name to remember. My coding knowledge up until a month ago was absolutely zero. For all i know they could even be exactly the same code lol... Once i have made my first helmet and really grasped the whole concept then i may travel down the picaxe route and begin learning more. I do like the fact it is very tiny. Have you ever used Arduino yourself?

As for a foot switch Drack... Im a pro magician by trade, and the act of using the foot or a toe to trigger something that is intended to be unseen is a very widely used method for achieving sneakiness. It does mean you will have a wire running all the way from your head down to your foot though... I hate hookups, even in magic, they annoy the hell out of me.

In other news, ive just bought an IR sender and reciever to play around with when it eventually arrives, so like xrobots i aim to have everything self contained within the helmet (thanks for the inspiration on that idea).

I hope my brain actually survives all this learning.
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7sinzz, what about using voice recognition to turn things on/off, open/close helmet and activate sounds. I'm messing with an EasyVR right now and having some issues because I use a Mac and the EasyVR is only windows compatible, but I did have an old (like 10 years old...) Sony Vaio laptop that I'm using to train my EasyVR, then can upload the Arduino code into current sketches I guess... :confused I'm still a total noob when it comes to programming and electronics...but I'm learning;). And I don't want any program like parallels running on my Mac :thumbsdown. I've been creating files for sound effects and hopefully will be able to use them in my IM suit.
 
If you manage to get any decent sounds effects and code, please post them here. That would be awesome!

As for voice recognition, please post your findings for other viewers, I'm trying to avoid it though as my suit will be for nightclub appearances. I feel the background noise from the sound systems will interrupt voice commands and have me trapped in my suit lol. Annoyance.
 
7sinzz said:
If you manage to get any decent sounds effects and code, please post them here. That would be awesome!

As for voice recognition, please post your findings for other viewers, I'm trying to avoid it though as my suit will be for nightclub appearances. I feel the background noise from the sound systems will interrupt voice commands and have me trapped in my suit lol. Annoyance.
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Lets see if others can access these. Never uploaded zipped wav files before...
Some are sound bites from movie. Some are recordings from a child's Iron Man toy. Some sound cartoony (is that a word?) to me, but others sound pretty good. Even if you don't want to use them in your suit, they work as ring tones, etc.
 
WOW!!! Thank you very much for those files!!! That is awesome of you. I will link them into the first post when I get a chance and credit you.

Quick update, I've wiped my UNO clean now and have managed to get it to recognise the signal from my tv remote. When I have more time I will write code into the first post so that my tv remote controls the things we have already seen. Wire free faceplate motion, everything contained in the helmet, all thanks to a £2 IR receiver and inspiration from xrobots.
 
@ 7sinzz-

if you want audio.. you'll most likely need something like a WaveShield.. or at the very minimum an SD card breakout board/shield..



@ TryChick-

are there any whirrrring/gears moving type sound clips? like from the helmet opening and 'clanking' shut perhaps?

thanks!
 
This is just what I was looking for thanks man.I've been trying to get everything together before I start. This was the last piece.Thanks again
 
xl97 said:
@ 7sinzz-

if you want audio.. you'll most likely need something like a WaveShield.. or at the very minimum an SD card breakout board/shield..



@ TryChick-

are there any whirrrring/gears moving type sound clips? like from the helmet opening and 'clanking' shut perhaps?

thanks!
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Had to dig around and use garage band to modify some of these. Maybe some will work. Spent most of my day working these babies.
 
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