Hey Guys,
I've read lots on the forum, and posted a hand full of times, but I thought it was about time I launched my first major project (well, my second really, I converted a wall-e, but I thought there was enough of those on here
).
So here is announcing OmniMC, an Omnibot 2000 media centre
The idea is to make him all RC and to also house a Raspberry PI running RaspBMC as the media centre bit. I'll then add some speakers and maybe some under-bot lighting
I'm wondering if then I can control the whole thing with one of these:
Other than that, I'm kinda just winging it and seeing what other bits and pieces I come up with.
To start with though, I've done the usual thing of gutting him and sticking him through the dishwasher
So right now, he is prepped and ready to go.
I've already got my EZ-Robot kit, and a few components such as 6v battery
Some blue replacement bulbs
My Raspberry PI (which arrived today) and I've just won a screen for his chest
While I'm waiting for some other bits, I've also been looking at making some replacement tires which you can see details of in one of my other posts
So that's pretty much the state of play at the moment. I'm pretty much a novice at all this, so I'm looking forward to the challenge. Lets see if I've bitten off more than I can chew
Other robots from Synthiam community
Justinratliff's EZ-Elf Robot
Jstarne1's Diy Pc Battery Backup Power Source And 12 Battery...
I've given it a bit of thought and I've modified the screen so that I can mount the screen from the front
This notch will allow me to move the cable out of the way whilst putting the screen in place.
My thought now then is to glue / epoxy a strip of plastic to the inside of the bot shell inline with the back of the screen which will act as a stop for the screen and allow me to either double side / velcro / bolt the screen to it.
You could ask josh aka jstarne about filling the gaps.he is pretty much spezialized in stuff like that. How is the viewing angle of your monitor? Maybe you want to tilt it a bit towards you so that you can actually see something when looking down on omnimc.
Btw: i think the screen fits perfectly! Its right the size to fill up the entire front. Not an inch wasted!
Hey Mike. Good thinking on the viewing angle, I'll give it a test latter tonight. Yea, I was really pleased when I offered it up and it fit perfectly. All my hours of searching on ebay weren't in vain then
I thought I'd try out the back stop for the monitor by using some cardboard and it works great
There is plenty of gap below it to feed the wires through, and it keeps the monitor at the right distance. Next step then is to cut the same piece out of plastic, and epoxy it in place.
Whilst doing this, I've also swapped out the lense for the eyes, as I'm gonna do the usual thing of making his eyes blue (or am also tempted to have colour changing eyes to show his mood
).
I basically picked up a cheap box from my diy store and drew around the originals then cut them out with my dremel
They have a slight fogginess to them which is cool, but if I find the bulb is too bright in the centre, I'm thinking of cutting a circle of glass etch film (the type you put on your bathroom windows for privacy) and sticking it in the centre to diffuse it a little.
Looking good.
I cut up plastic milk jugs for a "etched glass" for lenses. It diffuses the LED's pretty good.
Oooh, good thinking. I'll give that a go, thanks for the tip
Hmm, am I being dumb? or does this wiring not make sense?
So the two green wires go to the centre pins for the 2 bulbs, and the black wire goes from the outer screw of one bulb to the outer screw of the other bulb.
So no matter how you supply power, it doesn't make a circuit? Am I missing something?
Matt