Project Android

ChoÞÞer · 14 Aug 2006 at 15:34

Pete_m said:
LED nips?

ohh know.. .not this again

Yewen · 14 Aug 2006 at 15:42

Guys we have already been there, and back again.

Can we not start all this again, if you read the thread you will see we have already mentioned all the possibilities, and quite in depth.

The second time is not funny.

Arthalen · 14 Aug 2006 at 16:05

@Messiah Khan - Keep the great work up. This is a fantastic project.

Hades · 14 Aug 2006 at 16:06

Regarding the 90w, if that's because of space constraints then there are other options. You can get external laptop brick PSU's for Via EPIA systems. I've seen these for up to 150w from quite a few places. Or you could consider a rackmount 1U PSU. Again I've seen these around for up to 300w.

Messiah Khan · 14 Aug 2006 at 16:34

Cheers Yewen.

The reason why I have used a 90W PSU is because I started out using a 350W ATX PSU. It fitted, but only just and was a bit awkward to fit. Then I picked up 2 free RM machines from work, and my problem was solved. The RM machines had a really small (About half the size of ATX) PSUs, that had the power socket and vent fan on adjacent sides. I know I could have got other, possibly more suitable PSUs, but it seemed a shame to waste what I had already.

ChoÞÞer · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:09

any up dates??

Messiah Khan · 16 Aug 2006 at 22:51

ChoÞÞer said:
any up dates??

Now I do yeah!

The other day, I decided to do a full fit of all the parts so far to see how it all looks. But I had a bit of a scare.. I discovered a major design flaw.

The cables that go from the the spine sockets on the inside, were too big. It was impossible to fit the motherboard on the tray wit hte wires fitted. The main problem was the VGA cable, as it was so thick and stiff. In the end ive managed to fix the problem however, by stripping the connector right down as much as I can. Its still a very tight fit, but at least it does fit. Remains to be seen however if the cables still work, lol. Anyway, here are some pics of the full fit. Sorry about the image quality.

Messiah Khan · 16 Aug 2006 at 22:51

There you go for this time. Im really relieved I got that problem sorted though.

Yewen · 16 Aug 2006 at 22:57

Looking better each time it gets work done.

Again great work, so glad you managed to sort the problem out, had me worried on MSN!

RandomTom · 16 Aug 2006 at 23:03

What a great project, I can't wait til the major internal design is finished and the exterior can be worked on, to give it some impact - hope this goes as smoothly as possible

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ChoÞÞer · 17 Aug 2006 at 00:22

lookin good my friend, just hope you finish it

red11 · 17 Aug 2006 at 00:50

Looking good with everything plugged in, have you tested it by turning it on or do you still have to do some more things to get it working?

btw, it was a long two days

Pete_m · 17 Aug 2006 at 01:10

still looking good..

how far are you through the project so far?

Messiah Khan · 17 Aug 2006 at 12:06

Tony Soprano said:
Looking good with everything plugged in, have you tested it by turning it on or do you still have to do some more things to get it working?

btw, it was a long two days

Nope, im tempting fate by not switching it on until its all finished and painted etc. Then she will be ALIVE!!

Pete_m said:
still looking good..

how far are you through the project so far?

About 70-75% i'd say. Ive finished most of the essential construction work now, ive just got a bit to do in the head and neck areas. Then its on to the sorting out the wiring and electrics and finally painting and polishing etc.

Helium_Junkie · 17 Aug 2006 at 13:04

Absolutely fantastic

Cant wait for the finished model!

tbz_ck · 17 Aug 2006 at 13:54

Its really coming on. Nice work Khan m8.

i don't know whether its relevant now, but have you considered break out boxes or extension leads for the major connectors so that they can be plugged/unplugged from the outside without having to open her up?

It may help with wiring issues :confused:

Messiah Khan · 17 Aug 2006 at 14:02

tbz_ck said:
Its really coming on. Nice work Khan m8.

i don't know whether its relevant now, but have you considered break out boxes or extension leads for the major connectors so that they can be plugged/unplugged from the outside without having to open her up?

It may help with wiring issues

They all are. Thats what the connectors down her spine are. The cables are simply to connect the spine sockets to the mobo.

tbz_ck · 18 Aug 2006 at 08:51

messiah khan said:
They all are. Thats what the connectors down her spine are. The cables are simply to connect the spine sockets to the mobo.

of course !!! /doh (that was a blonde moment if ever there was one !!! I blame the missus

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Messiah Khan · 19 Aug 2006 at 16:16

Anyone for some more blurry pics? Here you go;

As you can see, im working on one of the eyes. I need another webcam to do the other one. Im making the bracket thing for them to fix to. The plan is to link them together, so that when i rotate one of them, the other one moves with it.

Mark A · 19 Aug 2006 at 17:15

Nice, are you going to have a servo inside that moves them automatically?.

Mark