tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16710631491347359922024-03-05T11:09:49.359-08:00EmyA detailed build diary of how my R6 (Emy) Astromech was constructed.Podpadstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101047373810289618noreply@blogger.comBlogger229125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671063149134735992.post-74870482416917005332012-10-28T08:46:00.001-07:002012-10-28T08:46:59.944-07:00Electronics make over.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As well as working on K9 this weekend Emy has also had an electronics make over. Emy is now a bit of an old girl. Because she was the first mobile Astromech I built some of the electronics were a bit crude. The sound card and sound trigger board have now been neatly added onto the back door electronics board, as opposed to just being Velcro to one of the internal batteries. The compressed air cylinder has also moved from the head to the main body, making the head lighter. The head wiring has also been simplified and made much simpler. When my slip ring arrives from china this will be added to Emy giving her head a 360 ability. The top utility arm switch now triggers a sound as opposed to the extinguisher: this is now triggered directly from the RF switch. The RF switch has completely been rewired and switches reallocated. From the pictures it does not look like it but there is now more room inside the main body which means I might add a bigger third 12v battery giving Emy a longer run time.</div>
<br />Podpadstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101047373810289618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671063149134735992.post-12415717511465886632012-10-27T12:57:00.001-07:002012-10-27T12:57:59.216-07:00Warning<span style="color: red;">Unfortunately due to certain people feeling they have the right to steal my work and call it their own all of my new images and Videos will be watermarked with the Podpadstudio watermark. I am sorry if this compromises the quality of the final images, but there seems to be no other way.</span>Podpadstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101047373810289618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671063149134735992.post-1365513317236421922012-08-05T00:49:00.000-07:002012-08-05T00:49:09.810-07:00Stars of time 2012.Another great Stars of time event at the Helicopter museum at Weston Super Mare.<br />
Thanks to Julia for the photos. I must try to get more photos taken at events and spend less time driving Droids around.<br />
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A brilliant day. Another successful meeting of the UK R2D2 Builders club.</div>
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What a phenomenal day. The total raised for charity was over £6,000, not bad for a couple of hours work.</div>
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Because it was our own event I decided to bring all four Droids and K9, plus I was joined this year by Ian who has now completed Arthur(R4) after a five year build. It was brilliant having so many Droids whizzing around. Emy and Zoe did there normal thing, K9 came out to play when the crowds has calmed down a bit and R2D2 sat on the stage and looked proud. </div>
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Events like this are so much fun. I talked with so many people ranging from a very nice young lady about RC helicopter controls to how to build sound systems inside a Wookies head. It was so nice to meet so many great people who share such a passion for Sci-fi. It was also great to catch up with other builders and people passionate about robotics. I must apologise to all those who I meant to talk more with but was simple so busy that I did not get the chance to sit down.</div>Podpadstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101047373810289618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671063149134735992.post-51432519412699096242012-04-07T04:33:00.000-07:002012-04-07T04:33:31.517-07:00South West model show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELijX1y4hNZuLQKBbS3y739o6xZkbLU5KUe3eJKyKLnehZ3QjPqI6prChwmPwjLrEUoKgWrutWjGzH66OwpoEe6tIYEtI03iFT6K1moOCZZHAhVQcAO09xCk8b8e5nxeaOXZAQ7eJeojy/s1600/P1060090.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELijX1y4hNZuLQKBbS3y739o6xZkbLU5KUe3eJKyKLnehZ3QjPqI6prChwmPwjLrEUoKgWrutWjGzH66OwpoEe6tIYEtI03iFT6K1moOCZZHAhVQcAO09xCk8b8e5nxeaOXZAQ7eJeojy/s320/P1060090.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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A new rubber drive wheel has now been constructed and fitted, new bearings fitted in the main head bearing and now she is as good as new with a very fast moving head.Podpadstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101047373810289618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671063149134735992.post-41421626209565797572011-10-24T09:41:00.000-07:002011-10-24T10:36:54.274-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/yc_CfKLspl8/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yc_CfKLspl8?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yc_CfKLspl8?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div>When I have some real time I will get a decent video edited together, but for now some fun with iMovie. Extended movie added to video section at bottom of blog pagePodpadstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101047373810289618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671063149134735992.post-18754811800899302882011-10-23T12:28:00.000-07:002011-10-23T12:28:18.649-07:00Raising money for CharityCharity Sci-fi had our annual event at the Swindon Orbital Centre, this year at the massive ASDA/Wallmart. You need a Droid in this place just to get from one end of the store to the other, lucky I had two, Zoe and Emy. A great day with loads of money raised for Tickled pink Breast Caner charity.<br />
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The location was very good for this event which was at the WSM Helicopter museum, or at least it was for running Droids as the floor was perfect.</div>Podpadstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101047373810289618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671063149134735992.post-72596195703569290062011-07-31T12:36:00.000-07:002011-07-31T12:47:18.787-07:00Transport in style<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGeC7aHQ-FmXhahdfxJEpAoivwSdr17T3fXrBj-gq0QT49h32XvC4mMiGVflv2P-XOi9Uyvy56sAwd4Ev23tlXiKIhS03HTmJgKsau_ImGh8ifZaRnpWXQ_DN2GGSCUOwmFB62gNp-Utm/s1600/IMAG0083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGeC7aHQ-FmXhahdfxJEpAoivwSdr17T3fXrBj-gq0QT49h32XvC4mMiGVflv2P-XOi9Uyvy56sAwd4Ev23tlXiKIhS03HTmJgKsau_ImGh8ifZaRnpWXQ_DN2GGSCUOwmFB62gNp-Utm/s320/IMAG0083.jpg" width="320" />.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I could not resist this photo, Emy and Zoe's new form of transport. This car is a complete replica of the Delorean from the Film Back to the Future. I take my hat of to the owner Brian Oneill, it is a work of Art. This is his website <a href="http://www.delorean-hire.com/">http://www.delorean-hire.com</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The only real critisim I have though as a Droid Mobile for Zoe and Emy is that there is nowhere for their friends to sit, still a small price to pay for style.</div>Podpadstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101047373810289618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671063149134735992.post-46059978111265150762011-07-25T08:58:00.000-07:002011-07-25T08:58:57.382-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYUmRv8yGG4jOiwLb4CRsi1tdq3JRgGJ6OivmP8wlt7j_oYZUXk4lEt7zL870wGPyAEzfxHOk8M4G6Cux5gwBvYGC27MPj5JtVBg-fMW7FDYZIqitzN4tVkiw4EZ4RwTF-GKx8CiSHjiE/s1600/P1050313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYUmRv8yGG4jOiwLb4CRsi1tdq3JRgGJ6OivmP8wlt7j_oYZUXk4lEt7zL870wGPyAEzfxHOk8M4G6Cux5gwBvYGC27MPj5JtVBg-fMW7FDYZIqitzN4tVkiw4EZ4RwTF-GKx8CiSHjiE/s320/P1050313.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the major success of the sentry gun build at a local event I have decided to go one step further and build two more. The next two will be replica sentry guns from the film Aliens and ofcourse will be fully functional water pistols as the one above. </div>Podpadstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101047373810289618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671063149134735992.post-53060437074532122372011-07-25T08:52:00.000-07:002011-07-25T08:52:09.412-07:00A new friend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WYr0iiENFYVh4xqgFw0BkCqASFOpMjaCAf6TTY-ktJQjddcXjiSOgE8PbruK_-BJNHRweBftooy6hzy35bJtTGDqSMpJp83Uol_vsvr3tf2oFHAolFvI4IMqhwEMQxfrW8xfAhGI4Djz/s1600/P1050298.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WYr0iiENFYVh4xqgFw0BkCqASFOpMjaCAf6TTY-ktJQjddcXjiSOgE8PbruK_-BJNHRweBftooy6hzy35bJtTGDqSMpJp83Uol_vsvr3tf2oFHAolFvI4IMqhwEMQxfrW8xfAhGI4Djz/s320/P1050298.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Zoe,R11.E1, is now virtually complete and will be coming out to play with Emy. I am really pleased I went with the second Astromech design over the Wall-e that I wanted to build although that might be the next build.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Event though the lower part of the body design on both Droids is similar they move in a totally different way. almost having their own unique personalities. Zoe is a bit of a heavy weight compared to Emy weighing in at almost 10kg more. Lately Zoe has been getting all the attention but now Emy is going to get a well overdue overhaul. Her electrical system is going to be upgraded and a few bits and pieces attended to. If she is lucky Emy might even get a new coat of paint.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Podpadstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101047373810289618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671063149134735992.post-11394132721894951052011-05-01T12:24:00.000-07:002011-05-01T12:24:07.168-07:00South West Model Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzTYIu1KtBxh-VK2TBcLs_AGFXG3MzBM6xPJO6JdOAd1XZsQghnKN32fngYaRfvFIF-4cdVQ2qqyX4vC7MJhPYQqa9UiGbwHCv5MAkflWUF7oDjYqOcJUE2k04fH3NZvGHME20mqQRICEY/s1600/model+show.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzTYIu1KtBxh-VK2TBcLs_AGFXG3MzBM6xPJO6JdOAd1XZsQghnKN32fngYaRfvFIF-4cdVQ2qqyX4vC7MJhPYQqa9UiGbwHCv5MAkflWUF7oDjYqOcJUE2k04fH3NZvGHME20mqQRICEY/s320/model+show.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhqg7ertVKGc63eO7kVX4jZ0uZHFJ-wllHN7QFDPKhinD9DWLGB5-Ozz3T0k-nCN3VQ4fr3IAnxoTKQ-b2AIiIM3wV_bJEFQPH-zHgeqZcDV_XruIQCUyafhtMJl5Uu2ZGlpTlM6it924/s1600/emy5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhqg7ertVKGc63eO7kVX4jZ0uZHFJ-wllHN7QFDPKhinD9DWLGB5-Ozz3T0k-nCN3VQ4fr3IAnxoTKQ-b2AIiIM3wV_bJEFQPH-zHgeqZcDV_XruIQCUyafhtMJl5Uu2ZGlpTlM6it924/s320/emy5.jpg" width="191" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Emy and K9 out and about again, a great day and brilliant to meet up with all the crew. </div>Podpadstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101047373810289618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671063149134735992.post-50828030124882329212011-05-01T12:17:00.000-07:002011-05-01T12:17:11.592-07:00Emy out and about.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErXKpCVcr_PaVd81rE5Eom_gk_YOkNmsQstvA5uuQrlUmLzZq-wK-Kd5nKp-wr06drg73VZtez-cDEPY_o_o4NaGmyO-YjcpGX8KZT9vmHWjrj4_lS5T_W39Sz_yfpC42FzglLmQx32pi/s1600/emy1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErXKpCVcr_PaVd81rE5Eom_gk_YOkNmsQstvA5uuQrlUmLzZq-wK-Kd5nKp-wr06drg73VZtez-cDEPY_o_o4NaGmyO-YjcpGX8KZT9vmHWjrj4_lS5T_W39Sz_yfpC42FzglLmQx32pi/s320/emy1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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Two great days out, Corsham sci-fi day and Newport collectors fair.Podpadstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101047373810289618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671063149134735992.post-10016805283524351522011-04-12T10:29:00.000-07:002011-04-12T10:29:20.398-07:00A New Droid, R9.E1 ZoeHere we go again. I have been inspired to make a new Astromech, a sister for Emy. I am going to construct an R9.E1. This Astromech will differ slightly from Emy, not that it is an R9 and Emy is an R6, but that I will ensure that all the weaknesess in Emy will be designed out in the new build. Everything will be slightly over engineered to add the strength. The original R2D2 designs are fine if you make the droid from metal but if you build in wood the design is simply not strong enough to deal with the punishment of events each weekend. I will make the legs out of MDF but I will go for Ply on the body this time to save weight. The legs will be slightly bigger and wider than the set dimensions to add strength and the ankle pivots increased in size.<br />
The reason the Droid will be a sister for Emy and called Zoe is that it has been partially inspired by the TV series Caprica.Even thought the build will be designed around an R9 model I am considering not covering the main body but instead leaving all the electronics visibile. I will fit fake circuit boards into pannel spaces to give the look of the Astromech having its skin partially removed and place skin panels in certain places only. The final build will have a mixed look, partially Droid and partially cyborg. Emy will be the beautiful sister and zoe the robotic hybred, her beauty hidden inside the robot, hence the Caprica link.Podpadstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101047373810289618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671063149134735992.post-28033238287203237102011-02-26T05:24:00.000-08:002011-02-26T05:28:40.456-08:00A few more shots.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatrXDUIJAP5JGuzirPN0VlgjrIIgO01g0YIuW2OuyKWg47A2Pg7zlbQzChWtRBTbxHcWrHmS683YKddqS0z1rJaSqAhUE0R2lFG6KYktzpA5eG-v606AMFdEOj_Xtoz11F9Eui8c2ZKi-/s1600/emy15.jpg" imageanchor="1" linkindex="21" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatrXDUIJAP5JGuzirPN0VlgjrIIgO01g0YIuW2OuyKWg47A2Pg7zlbQzChWtRBTbxHcWrHmS683YKddqS0z1rJaSqAhUE0R2lFG6KYktzpA5eG-v606AMFdEOj_Xtoz11F9Eui8c2ZKi-/s320/emy15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WCifSUHhqHn-pZyjtDOYVpBCV4yZLiXNt2bAfp9wek4avbI9Up0sVSVy65qzY2jHHLsi4mOl4AHPYJyo-yav9SZhVrUATMxSYct2-OOyKSY1ojlrvkoj151U7_NHV16rMYc5gzeE7buC/s1600/emyfilm.jpg" imageanchor="1" linkindex="26" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WCifSUHhqHn-pZyjtDOYVpBCV4yZLiXNt2bAfp9wek4avbI9Up0sVSVy65qzY2jHHLsi4mOl4AHPYJyo-yav9SZhVrUATMxSYct2-OOyKSY1ojlrvkoj151U7_NHV16rMYc5gzeE7buC/s320/emyfilm.jpg" width="255" /></a></div>Podpadstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101047373810289618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671063149134735992.post-64001385414179778792011-02-23T03:13:00.000-08:002011-02-23T03:27:42.660-08:00Space needed<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWTAFaQDJIpPJzEafzXY-Z9olDaOt2NIsdzWjS11t8GgRErWML8ixAXABqFHwKY92gBYc7S8Gy7hFBuiyYjpRMhuzJzMCLeX89dyqlD_Sp6dFghWrnwG3Afy3Qk3DkKm5Zksq_Dk8WeVC/s1600/P1040346.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWTAFaQDJIpPJzEafzXY-Z9olDaOt2NIsdzWjS11t8GgRErWML8ixAXABqFHwKY92gBYc7S8Gy7hFBuiyYjpRMhuzJzMCLeX89dyqlD_Sp6dFghWrnwG3Afy3Qk3DkKm5Zksq_Dk8WeVC/s320/P1040346.JPG" /></a> </div><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TPmbdosrDIOVn8iUKjvpfABvG5B1n2mdtxSJ9tZczT_Kh1OFsbMnbwK-26BqT0GX6qQD75YLC0cYGE_5eMpNVOc8VQtG7P9_8w99ffrtATxTWGmiYc_V1U434dQtJ7Tgfshw6y1TSbkU/s1600/P1040488.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TPmbdosrDIOVn8iUKjvpfABvG5B1n2mdtxSJ9tZczT_Kh1OFsbMnbwK-26BqT0GX6qQD75YLC0cYGE_5eMpNVOc8VQtG7P9_8w99ffrtATxTWGmiYc_V1U434dQtJ7Tgfshw6y1TSbkU/s320/P1040488.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" />I need a bigger garage. R2 usually lives at work but was in need of some urgent maintanance with bits falling of him all over. Being made out of much lighter weight material and not being very well constructed he is now showing signs of wear. Still he has lasted well considering he normally lives in a secondary school class room. Now that Emys new amplifier has been fitted and sound board moved there is abit more space inside the body to get to things although it is still very untidy with lots of wires, maybe a tidy up is due.The rear panel also has a large hole in it where the car head unit was fitted so I will have to do something about this.<br />
I also came across an old phot of R2 playing in the snow that I forgot to post some time ago, I glad the summer is on the way.</div>Podpadstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101047373810289618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671063149134735992.post-21094788826535101012011-02-23T03:11:00.000-08:002011-02-23T03:22:20.101-08:00Sound system Update.<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPg8MNW-4nk-QDiY4fk32ErrhmDcwnucPWTWWdOwWDMnIIK8Xt2IwzYe59MAljryEi9e0Y4-xdB9dAAnT2D6fORtDeGnOguIAhSLD7GGAIxGcsFkut7wQfi_-VbnALygXCvieTlDVoe91/s1600/P1040479.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPg8MNW-4nk-QDiY4fk32ErrhmDcwnucPWTWWdOwWDMnIIK8Xt2IwzYe59MAljryEi9e0Y4-xdB9dAAnT2D6fORtDeGnOguIAhSLD7GGAIxGcsFkut7wQfi_-VbnALygXCvieTlDVoe91/s320/P1040479.JPG" /></a> </div><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEWPWpNMRArnWR_AuGFALiua-4sCh588ONzSPmGFJiBqMjxgWKDTiFe_GDt6PCW1TITOFpTOITieEnISCCuA47MZTRvnmhFWrcjEsiqbasDV4P_ZAySsCwU-UhGL0W40SkPLN8fElXYX1/s1600/P1040481.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEWPWpNMRArnWR_AuGFALiua-4sCh588ONzSPmGFJiBqMjxgWKDTiFe_GDt6PCW1TITOFpTOITieEnISCCuA47MZTRvnmhFWrcjEsiqbasDV4P_ZAySsCwU-UhGL0W40SkPLN8fElXYX1/s320/P1040481.JPG" /></a> </div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBQMwuxZDkzYYcD9irFXHHaVMRPsmSbNm9uEkotVSLeV6a8K5799gEBHfWc7yIOvsCZPnLkilwPa71_4FRDM1r-VZjMbfiIYpPwbziph6bCDdjMGkO2aGG5A14LnQHYbE-G7emLICvEi4/s1600/P1040483.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBQMwuxZDkzYYcD9irFXHHaVMRPsmSbNm9uEkotVSLeV6a8K5799gEBHfWc7yIOvsCZPnLkilwPa71_4FRDM1r-VZjMbfiIYpPwbziph6bCDdjMGkO2aGG5A14LnQHYbE-G7emLICvEi4/s320/P1040483.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" />After playing around with adding a new a third battery I was still finding that the sound system was drawing to many Amps, so the main head unit has been replaced for a smaller and very light weight amplifier. At 50w RMS per channel there is more than enough power and there is less fuss as it does not need to be turned on each time Emy is powered up. One advantage it has is a USB port providing 5v out. I have routed this through to the front coin slot so a USB device can be plugged in or charged.<br />
Getting rid of the larger and heavier head unit has freed up loads of space inside Emy which means that I have been able to remount the sound board in a better position. The sound board also has a small fan fitted to keep it cool, the fitting of this fan seems to work very well. </div>Podpadstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101047373810289618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671063149134735992.post-11334567632429388612011-02-23T03:10:00.000-08:002011-02-23T03:39:03.121-08:00New USB port and updater.<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtISkmktKa75G_qnQcS4BTCvnjqaBPxEFTaiuAs95GSNXDCQa8SbUlGKyIxQua1Cf-S1f0jGnmCqCBqlpQbGFVZDemIPCCtaKvL1lOFhyphenhyphenA7ZagU0BVAzdCKLbc569lz7GvJ_qjM7LSJoOA/s1600/P1040473.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtISkmktKa75G_qnQcS4BTCvnjqaBPxEFTaiuAs95GSNXDCQa8SbUlGKyIxQua1Cf-S1f0jGnmCqCBqlpQbGFVZDemIPCCtaKvL1lOFhyphenhyphenA7ZagU0BVAzdCKLbc569lz7GvJ_qjM7LSJoOA/s320/P1040473.JPG" /></a> </div><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tLWOphdVyQ-yBGPC82rfcSw29XH5jDUJb-o3YgUzeEgal9yzy-gqHM6iSv3GR7-KG3pYjrMTzsbt-Qx8_xqTNktkE61Kz-bj1dbpZk1Cl84eGl_comqxZO8DU0lI_VhPpd4p6mUQ8YD3/s1600/P1040476.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tLWOphdVyQ-yBGPC82rfcSw29XH5jDUJb-o3YgUzeEgal9yzy-gqHM6iSv3GR7-KG3pYjrMTzsbt-Qx8_xqTNktkE61Kz-bj1dbpZk1Cl84eGl_comqxZO8DU0lI_VhPpd4p6mUQ8YD3/s320/P1040476.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" />After noticing that the amplifier has a USB charging port I thought it would be useful so I fitted an extention lead to it and routed through to the front coin slot. This will be useful to provide an easy to get to low ampage 5v suply especially for charging things at events.The UBS slot still needs to be finished off to make it look nicer but certainly works very well. I have also fitted on the vent next to the coin slot a scrolling LED strip. I can use this to run messages or just random shapes. Fitting it behind the vent provides a great look, almost like there are working systems flashing away inside the Droid. It is powered from a simple 3v source which I have mounted on the lower bacl panel electronics board. It is triggered from the RF switch on a spare channel so it can be switched in when needed.<br />
I have also changed some of the switching on the RF board, making it easier to turn of the lower body LED's. The head and body LED's are now zoned on different switches allowing me to turn of the body lights altogether when I an doing out door events. The head LED's need to stay on most of the time as they define Emy's character, where as the body LED's are only needed on indoor events where they can be seen. </div>Podpadstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101047373810289618noreply@blogger.com0