samuel murray
Member
A bit of back story first, way back about 9 months ago I started my first pep project. It was an Ironman helmet. And a really bad one at that lol. Not that the pepping was bad, it was just the dodgyest file I had ever seen, I got it off some asian website (Not trying to be racist).
Anyways, so I started again with Sharkhead's first file and peped it well, but then it was majorly warped when I fiiberglassed it, so that got the bin also.
Then I did Dungbeetle's original helmet an I made it way too small .
So, after all that I peped a properly scaled Ironman helmet made with Dungbeetle's original Ironman Helmet file and that is the one I am working on now. At this stage I am putting the finishing touches on the Bondo stage and have started to think about the electronics. (BTW, I would post some pictures, but I don't really like to post my stuff until it is completed)
I was searching around the internet for ideas and to see what other people had done, but unfortunately a lot of the information had huge holes in it. But then I thought, "Hey, why don't I use solenoids? They are way smaller than a servo so they will fit in a helmet way better". For those who don't know what a solenoid is, just google it, it will come up with lots of info.
So here is my question, how would I go about using solenoids? Would it just be a simple circuit like this:
-Battery+
| |
| Switch
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Solenoid
Or would it be more complex like with a micro controller or 555 timer?
Also, I don't really feel like experimenting too much and buying lots of things because I am unemployed at the moment. The next 2 weeks are school holidays though so when I buy this stuff with my entire bank account ($40), I will be handing out about 14 resumes.
Any help with this would be great because I plan to write a full tutorial on installing the Ironman helmet electronics just to make it easier for everyone seeing as no one else has really revealed too much about they make theirs.
Thanks
Sam
Anyways, so I started again with Sharkhead's first file and peped it well, but then it was majorly warped when I fiiberglassed it, so that got the bin also.
Then I did Dungbeetle's original helmet an I made it way too small .
So, after all that I peped a properly scaled Ironman helmet made with Dungbeetle's original Ironman Helmet file and that is the one I am working on now. At this stage I am putting the finishing touches on the Bondo stage and have started to think about the electronics. (BTW, I would post some pictures, but I don't really like to post my stuff until it is completed)
I was searching around the internet for ideas and to see what other people had done, but unfortunately a lot of the information had huge holes in it. But then I thought, "Hey, why don't I use solenoids? They are way smaller than a servo so they will fit in a helmet way better". For those who don't know what a solenoid is, just google it, it will come up with lots of info.
So here is my question, how would I go about using solenoids? Would it just be a simple circuit like this:
-Battery+
| |
| Switch
| |
Solenoid
Or would it be more complex like with a micro controller or 555 timer?
Also, I don't really feel like experimenting too much and buying lots of things because I am unemployed at the moment. The next 2 weeks are school holidays though so when I buy this stuff with my entire bank account ($40), I will be handing out about 14 resumes.
Any help with this would be great because I plan to write a full tutorial on installing the Ironman helmet electronics just to make it easier for everyone seeing as no one else has really revealed too much about they make theirs.
Thanks
Sam