Project: Alien Hospital

[_ferry_]

Some more light stuff:


Looks quite random right?


I'm having 2 weeks off from work, but still the time which is left for modding is little. I'll be visiting my sister, had minor other jobs to do etc. So 14 day's of which 3 i could spend on modding (this was day 2) And even then my dad ask giving him some help. I wish i could spend a full month on this mod, no-one asking or trying to frustrate me, just me and my garage.

[FrooP]

waaaaaaaaaaaa more electronic stuff i want for my mod.. do have a circuit this time?..please?... if you give me those 2 (led dot matrix or whatever stuff) ill present you on my 19" tft ill take to the german casemod masters.. like commercials 4 ya....
a jeah sorry for highjacking but that thing is getting better and better..
i think i can give you a rep this time

[_ferry_]

LOL

The problem is that i don't have a circuit dawning. It's build on the datasheets.
But do you have any PIC program skills? It's not just soldering and run it. You'll need to program a PIC in order to make it work.

(the circuit is based on 6x 74HC595 shift registers, each module has 2 of them. The PIC sends 8 bits in order to switch 8 led's on and off. )

[_ferry_]

The box is not totally useless... I'll use it for my card reader, USB-DVD writer and a USB hub.

Cut a hole for the DVD and a rough cut to fit the CF card.

After some more dremel and file work

And the SD card slot has been cut as well. I wanted a cover for the DVD to stealth him, including the holes for flash cards as well. A torch helped me a lot with finding the place to cut.

Done

I'm thinking about using it as a identification plate. Engraving the name, serial number, building year etc. Any suggestions? How shall we call this box with led's and monitor? "Intelligent Repair Unit"? In fact i don't know the date of birth since the case is not finished. Shall i wait until the case is done?

Around the edge i'll fit such a strip of aluminium, i'll polish it offcourse

Need to clean up my garage

Good news, i finally received the airbrush spare parts. He'd cost me 50€, these 2 parts cost me 30€

Want to work on so many things at the same time, don't know where to start... Finishing the alien, adding the last led's to the front, painting the case, creating the identification plate, build more medical tools etc. etc. And my vacation is already over

[FrooP]

first off
BAD idea buying airbrush things @conrad, its a german electronic store, i have one around here, example
11 ultra bright LED's (yellow) 11€!!!! other webshops sell those for like ~3, so take a look on the internet before buying things there, its way to expensive
so single letters would be awsome*thinks* F.U.C.L.T.T.B.:
ferrys ultra cool thing that blinks
maybe not engraving the plate but press letters in there (like those dogtags they have in the american army)

[_ferry_]

Jeah, but it was the cheapest airbrush i could find around. Most of them start at 100€, it's my own stupid fault, i was cleaning the airbrush and then it felt on the ground. Offcourse with the tip pointing downwards
I know they're expensive, but most of my electronics (microcontrollers, switches, IC's, and especially led's, are shipped from china, very cheap

Pressing the letters would might bend the plastic, and engraving could have similair looks when using the right mill (little round one)


Googled:

This looks nice That's an option as well, cutting out the letters to raise them

[FrooP]

maybe you make them out of copper and solder them on a copper plate, that would give a nice weld seam on the edges n sides

[_ferry_]

Letters must be quite small, so cutting and soldering them is not a real option.
But i'll keep that idea in mind for the main case itself, since that one will have a metal look and will be made of metal due to the weight of the hardware. Shure it 'll fit that theme. This part has more plastic look.

[Franklin]

Great progress Ferry. Wish I was as good with electronics as you are. Great stuff.

[_ferry_]

Thanks, wish i had your polyester skills hehe, that would have saved me a lot of work with the alien body