KevlarSpartan
Jr Member
Awesomeness said:To be totally honest, I still have no idea what you are planning. Lots of other people have given ideas about what they would do, but all you said was that you wanted to put a computer in your suit, listed some specs, and said that goggles would help.
What do you want your computer to do? What would your circuit schematics do? What software are you wanting to run? Are you planning to write additional software?
As for the magnets, they are like $1 in the US, and can be salvaged from lots of things (e.g. old HDDs, powerful refrigerator magnets, etc.). So even if things are way more expensive in Australia, they are probably still only like $3. It doesn't matter though, if you don't want to use them.
Alrighty then,
Im still in the brainstorming-for-ideas stage, but here is essentially what i want the system to achieve:
1. I want the computer system to act as a hub for incoming traffic, i want it to process information and store any important stuff (you know, documents, caches and the lot), the storage will of course be for the HDD (or SSD as i will now need to use) and the rest will be for processing of things like the camera feed, processing of the suits sensors through constant input-output so i know whats going on, etc. etc.
2. Schematics will simply be "For Show" as such, the only real purpose they will serve is for repair and maintenance, just so a have a guide as to what is where, and what is connected to what and where it goes. I should mention though, that the schematics will be both digital and hard copy. Digital for when im building, so i can make any changes, and hard copy as the final piece, for again, repair and maintenance.
3. Im not out for fancy-arse software that has a billion bugs in it, i'll be using the simple stuff, not too sure on exactly what yet (again, just in brainstorm stage), and i don't intend on writing any software off scratch, if anything, i'll just use existing script and add or alter it to my needs, real rag-tagg stuff, nowhere near military standard, but then, it never could be, unless i get my hand on military spec semiconducter material! referring to the electronics of course
I don't know how much clearer its gonna get, at least for now, but i'll keep everyone up-to-date on large developments. I get a feeling im gonna need a lot of NE555P chips though, and at least 9 score of diodes and transistors, perhaps a few tripler's here and there.
Cheers!
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