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Hi again everybody,
I'm not sure if this should be posted in General Discussion or Project Guidance, but since I don't have any questions on how-to's, GD seemed best.
I have been working with my Teensy 3.0 for a little over one month, and since yesterday night I have gotten my TFT touchscreen to work, along with the MicroSD adapter provided by PJRC (my main components).
Since the moment I ordered the TFT I have been thinking about what I'm going to make with it...
The possibilities seem endless, but I have managed to single out something that would be awesome (in my humble opinion).
My goal:
Make a wrist-computer (PIP-GRL 31415) similar to the 'PIP-BOY 3000' in the computer game Fallout.
I know others have made these already, but so far there has been only 1 real functioning pip-boy, which has gone up in flames.
Also, the size of the Teensy allows for a smaller design thus not getting the way of normal life.
Not sure how to explain this properly, but I would scale down the entire thing so it wouldnt extend the width of my wrist...height is less of an issue to me (within all reasonability ofcourse)
At the moment I only have my TFT working with the MicroSD adapter, I still need to update the examples to the new SdFat library so that I will be able to read/display images within < 1 sec instead of the 9 sec it takes now to load an 240x320 .bmp file.
Thats one other thing I will be looking at, adding a section to the GFX library to support .png files as well (if it is actually possible & not slower compared to .bmp).
I have ordered the following items to add:
Crystal 32kHz
Max Power IR LED Kit
PCB Mounted Speaker
Toggle Switch
Missile Switch Cover - Carbon Fiber Look
I realize that the PIP-BOY does not have an on/off switch but I'm afraid I am going to need one.
Also, the switch cover is really needed to make sure my sleeves can't accidentally turn on/off the PIP-GRL
I'm not sure if the PIP-BOY has infrared, but according to the wikipedia it very likely has 'wireless capabilities'
I had an old pc-speaker connected to one of the digital pins (23), which plays the Tetris theme song very nicely, so switching to the (tiny) pcb speaker should be quite easy.
At the moment I am waiting with ordering more parts until I have all the above working and ready, but I am always looking for new/funny ideas to incorporate into this pet project:
One of the things I will definately be needing is a compass, to show me where north is...
I have thought about GPS, so that I will be able to 'track objectives' (work/home/shops) but this probably be one of the last parts I will add.
Also, I would like to incorporate an FM receiver
Maybe I will also incorporate a pulse-sensor to detect 'health'...
I'm not sure if I want/need a gyroscope... since it will be wrist-mounted, the display should always be in the same landscape orientation i guess...
Currently everything is on a breadboard but I am planning to order a few new Teensy's, mainly because I am not too familiar with the soldering iron yet.
I have read somewhere that Paul was planning/thinking about a Teensy 3.0 ++, so I might wait with ordering these until then... seems like I will be needing a lot of pins eventually
All cables are connected except the X-, X+ Y- and Y+ because my remaining jumperwires are either too long or too short.
Everything that you see on the display is text, that includes the lines between the letters.
I could have used the draw line function for it, but this was faster for a quick test of what it would look like:
On a sidenote I should mention that I taught myself programming/electronics, and I am doing something I wouldn't believe if you told me so three months ago.
What I am saying here is that I probably skipped a valuable lesson here and there, and I don't fully understand everything I am doing.
There should be no expectations of this actually working, I am bound to screw up somewhere along the way.
Thankfully I am also quite persistent... if I want something done, I'll get it done... no matter how many sparks I see
I guess that is all I have to say for now, if you have any suggestions, I would love to hear them!
Thank you for reading this and thanks to those who assisted me with getting this far!
I'm not sure if this should be posted in General Discussion or Project Guidance, but since I don't have any questions on how-to's, GD seemed best.
I have been working with my Teensy 3.0 for a little over one month, and since yesterday night I have gotten my TFT touchscreen to work, along with the MicroSD adapter provided by PJRC (my main components).
Since the moment I ordered the TFT I have been thinking about what I'm going to make with it...
The possibilities seem endless, but I have managed to single out something that would be awesome (in my humble opinion).
My goal:
Make a wrist-computer (PIP-GRL 31415) similar to the 'PIP-BOY 3000' in the computer game Fallout.
I know others have made these already, but so far there has been only 1 real functioning pip-boy, which has gone up in flames.
Also, the size of the Teensy allows for a smaller design thus not getting the way of normal life.
Not sure how to explain this properly, but I would scale down the entire thing so it wouldnt extend the width of my wrist...height is less of an issue to me (within all reasonability ofcourse)
At the moment I only have my TFT working with the MicroSD adapter, I still need to update the examples to the new SdFat library so that I will be able to read/display images within < 1 sec instead of the 9 sec it takes now to load an 240x320 .bmp file.
Thats one other thing I will be looking at, adding a section to the GFX library to support .png files as well (if it is actually possible & not slower compared to .bmp).
I have ordered the following items to add:
Crystal 32kHz
Max Power IR LED Kit
PCB Mounted Speaker
Toggle Switch
Missile Switch Cover - Carbon Fiber Look
I realize that the PIP-BOY does not have an on/off switch but I'm afraid I am going to need one.
Also, the switch cover is really needed to make sure my sleeves can't accidentally turn on/off the PIP-GRL
I'm not sure if the PIP-BOY has infrared, but according to the wikipedia it very likely has 'wireless capabilities'
Files can be transferred from some terminals to your Pip-Boy, which could indicate it has some kind of wireless connection.
I had an old pc-speaker connected to one of the digital pins (23), which plays the Tetris theme song very nicely, so switching to the (tiny) pcb speaker should be quite easy.
At the moment I am waiting with ordering more parts until I have all the above working and ready, but I am always looking for new/funny ideas to incorporate into this pet project:
One of the things I will definately be needing is a compass, to show me where north is...
I have thought about GPS, so that I will be able to 'track objectives' (work/home/shops) but this probably be one of the last parts I will add.
Also, I would like to incorporate an FM receiver
Maybe I will also incorporate a pulse-sensor to detect 'health'...
I'm not sure if I want/need a gyroscope... since it will be wrist-mounted, the display should always be in the same landscape orientation i guess...
Currently everything is on a breadboard but I am planning to order a few new Teensy's, mainly because I am not too familiar with the soldering iron yet.
I have read somewhere that Paul was planning/thinking about a Teensy 3.0 ++, so I might wait with ordering these until then... seems like I will be needing a lot of pins eventually
All cables are connected except the X-, X+ Y- and Y+ because my remaining jumperwires are either too long or too short.
Everything that you see on the display is text, that includes the lines between the letters.
I could have used the draw line function for it, but this was faster for a quick test of what it would look like:
On a sidenote I should mention that I taught myself programming/electronics, and I am doing something I wouldn't believe if you told me so three months ago.
What I am saying here is that I probably skipped a valuable lesson here and there, and I don't fully understand everything I am doing.
There should be no expectations of this actually working, I am bound to screw up somewhere along the way.
Thankfully I am also quite persistent... if I want something done, I'll get it done... no matter how many sparks I see
I guess that is all I have to say for now, if you have any suggestions, I would love to hear them!
Thank you for reading this and thanks to those who assisted me with getting this far!
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