Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Flight Suit Works!

So much to do before we take off for BRC but the suit is fully functional!

I'll post photos and videos and all design files after the long weekend at some point, but here's a video showing the audio mode, which was the target all along:


Polishing work to deal with:
  • Test foot "A" and "B" strips Velcroed to shoes; hook and loop glue should be cured by tonight.
  • Finish remote control: straighten display, sand outside, glue top layers.
  • Tidy up buttonhole wiring and shift bands to correct alignment along Velcro loop bands.
  • Finalize light strip lengths: clip any extra length and seal ends.
  • Come up with a better remote control attachment... clip? hook? Velcro?
  • Make a cover for the ZX-Sound audio input board.

6 comments:

  1. Nice project man... sort of cool to step through the progression as it comes together.

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  2. That was awesome. You really did a great job doing this project. Like it, very cool!

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  3. Awesome project, it has amazing sensitivity. I'll have to go back and see how you got the microphone to work. I could barely get mine to pick up loud clapping.

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  4. Chris, the key was making a routine to keep track of and average recent highest and lowest readings-- the mic has such a wide range, the only way it would make the display I wanted was to keep track of the recent range. I'll post everything this week-- circuits, the sketch, and more photos and videos.

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  5. Very cool suit! I'm curious, do you know what the decibel range is on those zx-sound dealies?

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