and the servotest. there is still a small delay in the animation. ill check the code...
and here comes the seconed rotationtest. looks much better
the printed inner dome with the acrylic rod, to make some lenses.
a long time later.
the microphone has arrived... time to take a screwdriver
and the next steps. looks good...
moving microphones...
ok, time to program the soundchip... i used a WT588D 16p chip for this.
its gluing-time
i missed this small plates on the handle. so i printed some, heaten it in the oven and bend it over the glued handle
YEAH... love it
its time to finished the handle with some real details
its soldertime. my first selfmade soundboard to hold the soundchip AAAAND it works
and painted.
yesterday i have added a motor extension for the inner dome.
and the finished soundchip. i have produced a custom startup sound for the gigameter. its a mix of the protonpack-startup and a few sounds from my soundlibrary
thats all. ill keep you up to date in the next days...
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: December 22nd, 2015, 4:40 am
by Croker
Hello Dave,
I've been following your progress on Ben's FB page. Seriously impressed, keep up the good work.
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: December 22nd, 2015, 5:09 am
by david_germany
Thanks man
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: December 22nd, 2015, 4:44 pm
by ThrowingChicken
Ha, love the ears. Now I feel like I over engineered!
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: December 23rd, 2015, 8:47 pm
by Tyrael
I may be biased saying this, but that's one beautiful giga meter!
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: December 25th, 2015, 2:37 pm
by david_germany
ok guys.
here are a few updates about my gigameter... i got a LM386 amp to boost the gigametersoundchip. tomorrow ill try it...
i begun to solder the domelightning... i used 4 very very bright leds (140.000mcd) they are sooo bright :-O
and im soldered a small SMD button to play the sound and start the animations...
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: December 25th, 2015, 2:40 pm
by david_germany
i recorded a new video of the domerotation. there are much updates about the motorholder and domeframe.
im very happy with that...
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: December 25th, 2015, 2:45 pm
by david_germany
holy crap. :-O by pure chance i found the FIRST pictures of the screen used giga meter display in my "ultimate visual history" book... i never thought that they used a "SCAN" lightning... to cut a long story short i begun to remodeling the 3d display... now it should be more accurate...
lets print it I'm curious about it...
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: December 26th, 2015, 3:18 am
by david_germany
Here is the new screenaccurate display... The difference is big :-O
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: December 28th, 2015, 2:23 am
by david_germany
Here is a new update of my gigameter. I got this idea of the lightanimation (stripes during the rotation) tonight Its so crazy...
I covered a few lenses with black tape inside the dome and programmed the arduino to make a strobe effect
This gives you an illusion of stripes and slowly rotation...
I still need to coloring somes lenses to red and green...
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: December 28th, 2015, 3:36 pm
by Croker
Fantastic stuff matey, looks really cool. Keep the updates coming.
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: December 29th, 2015, 1:50 am
by david_germany
thanks man
ive improved the microphone-movement. its more stable and has a smoother movement...
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: January 4th, 2016, 6:37 am
by david_germany
hi guys
here is a new update about my gigameter built. the first soundtest.
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: January 4th, 2016, 8:41 am
by Kingpin
Impressive work on the lights, sounds and ears.
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: January 4th, 2016, 9:43 am
by wishbone
Incredible work, it constantly amazes me what these 3d printers can do. I definitely need to pick one up, I just keep waiting for that "next generation" one to come out.
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: January 4th, 2016, 7:21 pm
by d_osborn
It warms my GB2-defending heart that the Giga is getting so much love from prop builders! Keep up the awesome work, man! This really makes me jazzed to build my Throwing Chicken kit!
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: January 4th, 2016, 11:43 pm
by Venkman's Swagger
Oh how I love this build!! You're GB2 prop collection is getting more and more impressive
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: January 4th, 2016, 11:45 pm
by david_germany
Thank you soooo much guys )
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: January 26th, 2016, 2:55 am
by david_germany
hi guys
ive got a few updates about my gigameter. here are some pics of the finished device:
and here some new videos about the servo idea.
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: January 26th, 2016, 3:00 am
by david_germany
here is a new video about the electronics. the earlights and domelights are working. but still merge together to one arduinocode. this will be the hardest part.
the powerswitch turns on the soundchip (start up sound), the microphonemovement and the dome... the button on the handle will lighten up the lights in the dome and change the animation of the earlights. he will also play the accurate scanningsound, the 7 segment display and the scanlight will blinking...
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: January 27th, 2016, 9:46 pm
by d_osborn
AWESOME! Do you plan to do anything with the numerical display?
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: January 27th, 2016, 11:03 pm
by david_germany
Yes... The display will show random number
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: January 28th, 2016, 6:21 am
by Tyrael
It's beautiful. Very well done!
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: January 28th, 2016, 6:23 am
by david_germany
Thank you
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: January 30th, 2016, 12:15 am
by Tyrael
Do you still have the pieces that insert into the top of the Realistic Microphone parts? I managed to lose one so I modeled a quick plug in SolidWorks that can be printed very easily, should you need one or two.
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: February 8th, 2016, 7:14 pm
by halliwax
this has come together amazingly! thank you for sharing that visual dictionary picture. i am going to go grab that book this weekend! i didnt know there was new imagines of the gigameter in it, are there anymore?
i was also curious if the knob on the handle has been determined the correct one? I've been out of the loop and stumbled upon your thread, i remember you working on the 3d drawings a long time ago. I'm glad you stuck with it!
the electronics your designer are awesome! i didnt know about the actual "scan" button! this is the first i have ever heard about it and very excited over it
your build is going to go down in history
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: February 10th, 2016, 8:51 am
by d_osborn
halliwax wrote:this has come together amazingly! thank you for sharing that visual dictionary picture. i am going to go grab that book this weekend! i didnt know there was new imagines of the gigameter in it, are there anymore?
i was also curious if the knob on the handle has been determined the correct one? I've been out of the loop and stumbled upon your thread, i remember you working on the 3d drawings a long time ago. I'm glad you stuck with it!
the electronics your designer are awesome! i didnt know about the actual "scan" button! this is the first i have ever heard about it and very excited over it
your build is going to go down in history
Aside from a concept drawing or two, that's pretty much it for new imagery of the Giga in the Visual History book. It's WELL worth buying, though!
Re: My Gigameter - 3D printed
Posted: March 28th, 2016, 2:40 am
by david_germany
hi guys
finally !!! i have finished my Giga Meter here is a small video of the finished meter...
i´m using the original screen accurate sound effekt from the movie.