PipBoy 3000 Mk IV from Fallout 4 (mid-grade)

[Phelan Kell]

Hi,
also created an accout to let you know that you are doing a helluva job here. Thank for the docu, files and shared wisdom. My wayto this thread started on YTECs page and when i was reading about improved stuff i had to see it. I started making my pipboy a few weeks ago and.. time is scarce for my hobbies. Anyway the project started as a static prop with maybe space to slide in my mobile. Quickly abandoned that idea after looking through the measurements and .stl files. Then i found (on aliexpress) a 5" LCD Display with HDMI. Ordered it although it fits poorly. Will have to create a bezel to cover up the gaps.
But anyway, with that display i moved away from the plan to creating a little lightshow with an arduino nano. Now i am hesitating to buy one of those raspberry or orange pi Zero 2W to power my pipboy. Prolly it will be the orange, 'cause it has the better technical readings.

Since i really don't know what i am doing with the printed hull right now, i am thinking about it as an MVP and if i can get it properly working i plan of alernating the .stl files according to my changes.

I'll post a few pictures of my Frankensteined stuff later, as soon as my phone is charged ;-)

One Question, bbroerman, in you instructions you refer to the eject mechanism(which you want to overhaul). I can only find .mix files for it. How do i open those?

 

[Phelan Kell]

I posted some pictures in a separate thread. I don't want to give the impression that i want to hijack this one.

Phel-Boys first steps

 

[bbroerman]

Hi,
also created an accout to let you know that you are doing a helluva job here. Thank for the docu, files and shared wisdom. My way to this thread started on YTECs page and when i was reading about improved stuff i had to see it. I started making my pipboy a few weeks ago and.. time is scarce for my hobbies. Anyway the project started as a static prop with maybe space to slide in my mobile. Quickly abandoned that idea after looking through the measurements and .stl files. Then i found (on aliexpress) a 5" LCD Display with HDMI. Ordered it although it fits poorly. Will have to create a bezel to cover up the gaps.
But anyway, with that display i moved away from the plan to creating a little lightshow with an arduino nano. Now i am hesitating to buy one of those raspberry or orange pi Zero 2W to power my pipboy. Prolly it will be the orange, 'cause it has the better technical readings.

Since i really don't know what i am doing with the printed hull right now, i am thinking about it as an MVP and if i can get it properly working i plan of alernating the .stl files according to my changes.

I'll post a few pictures of my Frankensteined stuff later, as soon as my phone is charged ;-)

One Question, bbroerman, in you instructions you refer to the eject mechanism(which you want to overhaul). I can only find .mix files for it. How do i open those?

Thanks for the compliments! I also started with the static model, which I just put in a fake screen and a display from my color printer. I started this one a year ago, and I'm still working on it.

For the .mix files I use meshmixer. It easily lets me sculpt and cut the STLs to do what I need with them, and show all of the parts together so I can see what they look like, and fit together. I can't run Fusion 360 or anything like that, but I do also use FreeCad and Blender, and sometimes Tinkercad.

The tape eject I have now works really well, and I've updated all of my files to include it (in a side-directory). If you're interested, I'll detail out the various steps to put it all together.

Right now, I'm using an ESP32-S3 with the SD card reader, and some accessory boards from Adafruit to handle sound, the rotary encoder, and to give me some extra analog and digital GPIO lines since the display controller took up almost everything the ESP32 had... I am thinking of going to the Rasberry Pi Zero 2 next time around, with the 5" HyperPixel display. I'd have to re-do the screen holder to get it to fit and look nicely, though. The best thing I did was cast a screen in clear epoxy to go over top the display, so it looks like it fits no matter what... I included the mould for it in my list, just make sure to sand it mirror smooth, and spray it with a release agent before casting...