The Wand Company TOS Tricorder is coming!

[2vix]

Ive got a 5-pack of ribbon extension cables coming from amazon in a couple days, so I can play around with one and see whats doable

Im not transferring anything. I dont want to do anything I cant un-do lol. Plus I want all the lights to still work like normal. I think Ive figured out how to do it without moving any of the original components, except for the display swap obviously.

I bought the same LCD setup that this person and this other person used in their tricorder builds

Its a 40-pin ribbon, but if I can get it through and down into the moire compartment there is a big enough spot behind its motor for that pcb (i think). This board takes 5V power, which is in that compartment already, so I might splice in for power there or take it from down below I don't know yet. It depends if I want the tricorders original battery to power the display when the tricorder isn't plugged in.
The VIDEO IN wires to this pcb are that yellow one and the white one, which I can wire to a little tiny 3.5mm connector and install in the roof of the lower compartment

I want the lower compartment to stay empty except for this little port and a short skinny USBC cable like this one coming up from below

I figure i can just notch a little spot in the 2 dividers to fit the cable laying along the bottom, if I ever need to install them

Im going to give the media player its own battery and put everything in a small case so I can just drop it in and take it out of the lower compartment whenever I want. That way if I need to funkle around with it I can do it at my desk instead of struggling to reach in thru the lower compartment door. I'll install another 3.5mm connector in the media player case and connect the two with one of these

 

[2vix]

Does all those wires going through the “thingy” go to this one white connector below?

Yes, +1 slightly thicker green ground wire. 14 wires total.

 

[FANATICO]

del….

 

[FANATICO]

Yes, +1 slightly thicker green ground wire. 14 wires total.

Well it looks like you put in a lot of thought ..into your Frankencorder….and you have a plan and well on your way…

Of course we are curious on how your plan works out….kindly keep us posted …

Standing by to try and help if just to inspire an idea or two.

Once again…..Good Luck !

A reminder of your original hopeful goal….

 

[xlowes]

Well it looks like you put in a lot of positive brain cells ..into your Frankencorder….and you have a plan and well on your way…

Of course we are curious on how your plan works out….kindly keep us posted …

Standing by to try and help if just to inspire an idea or two.

Once again…..Good Luck !

A reminder of your original hopeful goal….

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[Leinads]

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[FANATICO]

I know your not going to be transferring the main PCB to the lower compartment…..

But out of curiosity….does it look like the main PCB will fit flat up against and underneath (comfortably) where the arrows are pointing?

(a bit exaggerated on the dimensions of the main PCB)

 

[2vix]

….does it look like the main PCB will fit flat up against and underneath (comfortably) where the arrows are pointing?

It fits, but just barely. As you can see, If you want to connect the wiring, you're going to have a problem.

Maybe here is a better alternate location?

also: After last nights hardware mod rant, I feel like this guy:

 

[2vix]

Its worth noting that this panel:

is easily removable by taking out this screw and the one on the opposite side and then carefully pushing down

 

[FANATICO]

Thanks….for this..

And this….

 

[2vix]

Last night when I went looking for my lower compartment dividers I found this box we all have:

Its more than big enough to hold this:

Its a Raspberry Pi Zero attached to a battery module. As much as I don't want to build yet another "Picorder" like so many have done before, this seems like the right device to use. It has bluetooth and plays well with the replacement display I bought, and adding an IR receiver to it would be easy. I spent a few minutes thinking about what and how to connect it to the trike, and made this mock-up.

Having someone 3D-print me a case like this would be easy, but unfortunately there isn't enough room to add a USB-C port and two 3.5mm ports (video-out & IR in) to the underside of the moire compartment, so It may end up being permanent cables coming through and dangling down. I'll work on it or maybe someone will suggest an alternative?

Also from this time forward I will be referring to this removable media player module by its proper Starfleet terminology:

 

[asalaw]

Last night when I went looking for my lower compartment dividers I found this box we all have:

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Its more than big enough to hold this:

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Its a Raspberry Pi Zero attached to a battery module. As much as I don't want to build yet another "Picorder" like so many have done before, this seems like the right device to use. It has bluetooth and plays well with the replacement display I bought, and adding an IR receiver to it would be easy. I spent a few minutes thinking about what and how to connect it to the trike, and made this mock-up.

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Having someone 3D-print me a case like this would be easy, but unfortunately there isn't enough room to add a USB-C port and two 3.5mm ports (video-out & IR in) to the underside of the moire compartment, so It may end up being permanent cables coming through and dangling down. I'll work on it or maybe someone will suggest an alternative?

Also from this time forward I will be referring to this removable media player module by its proper Starfleet terminology:

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So... you're rigging a bypass?

 

[2vix]

 

[Rahn420]

The old school electrical components in both the Tricorder diagram and the
console innards always killed me.

 

[CessnaDriver]

The old school electrical components in both the Tricorder diagram and the
console innards always killed me.

20th century substitute, actual is classified! Kind of like if we put rocks and sticks in a schematic today.

 

[FANATICO]

Its worth noting that this panel:

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is easily removable by taking out this screw and the one on the opposite side and then carefully pushing down

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This is Fun…..

Can you shoot a straight and even horizontal width wise pic…..of the back of this facia plate?

 

[2vix]

huh wha you mean like this?

 

[FANATICO]

huh wha you mean like this?

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Precisely, Thanks…..

Does it fit if something like this is doable if the main PCB was mounted to the backside of the removable facia plate…and then still have room between the main PCB and the backside of the moire and discs bank module?

Perhaps taking a true pic of the main PCB laying evenly and centered on the backside of the facia plate would be cool…

 

[2vix]

Does it fit if something like this is doable if the main PCB was mounted to the backside of the removable facia plate…and then still have room between the main PCB and the backside of the moire and discs bank module?

Unfortunately it wont fit. There is some room behind the moire motor for a small pcb, but the back side of the disc compartment is pretty tight up against that fascia plate. Good idea tho.

 

[2vix]

Ive been thinking about a way to keep the original LCD display and use the phaser to switch between the normal tricorder UI and my video drive section.

They make adapter boards to convert RGB to HDMI and vice versa. If I knew what was being sent from the microcontroller to the display, I could use these boards and an hdmi splitter to output both to the single display. I made this so I could visualize it better:

Its a lot of ribbon cables and pcbs and power needs etc. but if it could all fit, then the tricorder would work like normal and also be a raspberry pi that plays Star Trek.