Nike Mag V2 Mod Discussion (Page 58 Shopping List)

[Jedifyfe]

Re: Nike Mag V2 mod discussion and builds

Any laser printer is fine. The cheaper the better.

So todays progress is LED's and EL soles in the second pair done. I am waiting on more wire tape to do the strap.

Also for any of you that are interested in seeing how I did the LED's. Here is my board compared to the one that comes with the shoes:

 

[TheNickFox]

Re: Nike Mag V2 mod discussion and builds

Fantastic work as always, Brad.

Any further mods planned?

-Nick

 

[Taff83]

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Nice Brad looks sweet and thanks for sharing the pics of the LED boards!! I am awaiting some stuff for my last shoe aswell.

I have sent you a pm with some question Taff...hope thats alright.

Dude you need to post what you pm'd me, I am speechless!! Amazing design!

Sorry I don't have time to go through it all just now will most likey be tomorrow at work but my main question, will that thing convert from ac to dc or vice versa? Please post it so all can see what you are designing or make a new thread but I would love it if you can contribute to this one as its on topic here

Oh finished my second toe slim, took your advice Brad, I glued the inside midsole area then used the sole to stretch onto the shape on the toe slim, as you said there is little to no stretch from the upper

 

[Jedifyfe]

Re: Nike Mag V2 mod discussion and builds

Fantastic work as always, Brad.

Any further mods planned?

-Nick

Not sure. I would love to figure out a good way to remove the stuffing from the lace area.

Great job Taff on the second shoe. Very clean.

 

[Taff83]

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Ye if that was possible you could curve that area inwards more, that would just top it off! Still happy with these so far and pleased my second toe slim came out slightly better than the first one, glad you also think so mate, your help has made it this good, your advice was so appreciated.

More mods I am still unsure about personally, quite alot has been done already

 

[airair]

Re: Nike Mag V2 mod discussion and builds

Nice Brad looks sweet and thanks for sharing the pics of the LED boards!! I am awaiting some stuff for my last shoe aswell.



Dude you need to post what you pm'd me, I am speechless!! Amazing design!

Sorry I don't have time to go through it all just now will most likey be tomorrow at work but my main question, will that thing convert from ac to dc or vice versa? Please post it so all can see what you are designing or make a new thread but I would love it if you can contribute to this one as its on topic here

Oh finished my second toe slim, took your advice Brad, I glued the inside midsole area then used the sole to stretch onto the shape on the toe slim, as you said there is little to no stretch from the upper

looks amazing

how did you run the wire from the EL Soles up to the battery in the buckle?

did you have to remove the insole and open it?

 

[airair]

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Here are some shots of the interior of the shoe and the toe slim process...

Hey Brad,
does the shoe come like that? already opened under the insole, or did you have to cut it open yourself?

Im almost about to take the plunge on a big batch, just waiting a little while longer!

 

[Taff83]

Re: Nike Mag V2 mod discussion and builds

No u have to take out the insole, then remove the cardboard insole then you will get access to that

 

[Irish Guy]

Re: Nike Mag V2 mod discussion and builds

No u have to take out the insole, then remove te cardboard insole then you will get access to that

All of these mods are amazing, especially seeing as I don't have a creative bone in my body. It's amazing seeing what you guys can do. These Chinese reps (when modded) are so very close to the original. But is it worth holding out a little bit longer to see if any further changes are made which would in turn, make modding less expensive and possibly more hassle free?

 

[Bobtheman]

Re: Nike Mag V2 mod discussion and builds

How are the ELs in the ankle lights done?

I thought the battery inside the shoe wasn't powerful enough to power ELs?

Do we disconnect the existing LEDs and solder them to the ELs and glue back the shoe together?

 

[kingtheydon]

Re: Nike Mag V2 mod discussion and builds

Dude you need to post what you pm'd me, I am speechless!! Amazing design!

Sorry I don't have time to go through it all just now will most likey be tomorrow at work but my main question, will that thing convert from ac to dc or vice versa? Please post it so all can see what you are designing or make a new thread but I would love it if you can contribute to this one as its on topic here

I wanted to Pm someone first to see what they thought of the idea before posting on the forum.

So basically im in the process of waiting to order some V2 version trainers, but want to see if they do a V3 anytime soon so im basically sitting here twindling my thumbs and trying not to order the the current V2 ones!

In the meantime I have ordered an EL panel and whilst waiting for that to come decided to look into a way I could not use one of the bulky and frankly crap (and noisy!) Inverters that I notice people have been using to power their EL panels.

So I designed a circuit that can take a DC input of between 1.8v - 5.5v which then outputs 160 volts AC.

I knocked the circuit up quickly on my laptop last night and below are some screenshots. Note the size is in Millimetres so 20mm by 18mm.

Couple of 3d screenshots (not to scale just to show what it looks like)

This one I was trying to show how high the thing will be

The Tallest component on there is the Inductor with measures a whopping 2mm. Add to that the thickness of the PCB = between 1 and 1.6mm and a couple of mm on the bottom side for some wires that may need to go through the board to attach to things Im lookng at a maximum height of 5 to 6mm.

In fact the components have just turned up and the inductor footprint I used on the piccies above are WAY out...the inductor is tiny footprint wise so Il be re-doing the PCB in a little while to give an idea of proper size.

So yeah that's my idea to use this to power the EL panel. In theory I should be able to hook this up to the current electronics inside the V2 or V3 trainers to allow me to power them from the same source/circuit as whats already in the trainers.

Just need to make the PCB and wait a week or so for my EL panel to turn up and we shall see what is what...hopefully all is good

 

[Taff83]

Re: Nike Mag V2 mod discussion and builds

All of these mods are amazing, especially seeing as I don't have a creative bone in my body. It's amazing seeing what you guys can do. These Chinese reps (when modded) are so very close to the original. But is it worth holding out a little bit longer to see if any further changes are made which would in turn, make modding less expensive and possibly more hassle free?

Ye the mods make the v2's alot more accurate, however with regards to if you should wait, that is your call bud, personally if you have $250 to spare and would like to do the mods (as i found it quite fun) then go for it, but if you don't want to spend $250 and a better looking shape v3 comes out then you might be gutted you did all the hard work just to do it all again. its a tricky one but end of the day you will know what to do... that or impatience will get the better of you and you will just decide you want to mod them as the v3 isn't out.

Kingtheydon - I am honored to have you contributing to my thread mate, seriously this is very impressive, Cloneprops i hope you see this as i think all together we can achieve a mental setup for our mag builds in the future!

one thing though i am wondering, on your board you have (+) input, can we use that to run the switch off or is there something i have missed?

 

[kingtheydon]

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The + is power input so yes that can be hooked up to a switch. You would connect a wire say from that to one side of the switch and the other side of the switch you would connect your power source to. Whether that be a battery or the internals is what we need to figure out though.

 

[Irish Guy]

Re: Nike Mag V2 mod discussion and builds

The + is power input so yes that can be hooked up to a switch. You would connect a wire say from that to one side of the switch and the other side of the switch you would connect your power source to. Whether that be a battery or the internals is what we need to figure out though.

And I am officially LOST! This thread just veered up and over my head1 :eek :lol

 

[kingtheydon]

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And I am officially LOST! This thread just veered up and over my head1 :eek :lol

Nah its easy

I have all the bits turned up to make the circuit now from Farnell so il be making a test PCB tonight or tomorrow and build it up to see how the circuit works.

Then just need to wait for my EL panel to turn up so I can adjust things to suit the panel.

 

[kingtheydon]

Re: Nike Mag V2 mod discussion and builds

Taff or anyone else...

Are you able to take/show a picture of where the switch is that turns the lights on these trainers?

 

[Taff83]

Re: Nike Mag V2 mod discussion and builds

Sure I will take a photo of the v2 switch tonight and post it here

Unless anyone can do it sooner

 

[kingtheydon]

Re: Nike Mag V2 mod discussion and builds

Rofl I just knocked up a test PCB in Ares to print out and make tonight and its even smaller then I thought.

Thats a nurofen tablet in comparison!

 

[cloneprops]

Nike Mag V2 mod discussion and builds

I am honored to have you contributing to my thread mate, seriously this is very impressive, Cloneprops i hope you see this as i think all together we can achieve a mental setup for our mag builds in the future!

Of course Mate!!! Im in continuous MAG-thinking!!!!

 

[cloneprops]

Nike Mag V2 mod discussion and builds

I wanted to Pm someone first to see what they thought of the idea before posting on the forum.

So basically im in the process of waiting to order some V2 version trainers, but want to see if they do a V3 anytime soon so im basically sitting here twindling my thumbs and trying not to order the the current V2 ones!

In the meantime I have ordered an EL panel and whilst waiting for that to come decided to look into a way I could not use one of the bulky and frankly crap (and noisy!) Inverters that I notice people have been using to power their EL panels.

So I designed a circuit that can take a DC input of between 1.8v - 5.5v which then outputs 160 volts AC.

I knocked the circuit up quickly on my laptop last night and below are some screenshots. Note the size is in Millimetres so 20mm by 18mm.

Couple of 3d screenshots (not to scale just to show what it looks like)

This one I was trying to show how high the thing will be

The Tallest component on there is the Inductor with measures a whopping 2mm. Add to that the thickness of the PCB = between 1 and 1.6mm and a couple of mm on the bottom side for some wires that may need to go through the board to attach to things Im lookng at a maximum height of 5 to 6mm.

In fact the components have just turned up and the inductor footprint I used on the piccies above are WAY out...the inductor is tiny footprint wise so Il be re-doing the PCB in a little while to give an idea of proper size.

So yeah that's my idea to use this to power the EL panel. In theory I should be able to hook this up to the current electronics inside the V2 or V3 trainers to allow me to power them from the same source/circuit as whats already in the trainers.

Just need to make the PCB and wait a week or so for my EL panel to turn up and we shall see what is what...hopefully all is good

Amazing!!!!!!that is the inverter??if you need something let me know!!!congrats man.